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  1. bp Reveals Plans To Evaluate Expansion Of Germany’s Green Energy Port With A New Hydrogen Hub 1/30/2023

    bp will evaluate the feasibility of building a new hydrogen hub in Germany. The project, which would be located in Wilhelmshaven, is expected to include an industry leading ammonia cracker which could provide up to 130,000 tons of low-carbon hydrogen from green ammonia, per year, from 2028.

  2. HH2E Announces Its Second Major Green Hydrogen Production Project In Germany 1/26/2023

    The plant nearby Borna will be built and operated by HH2E under a newly formed local company called HH2E Werk Thierbach GmbH. The plant will serve green hydrogen customers and offtakers, including leading players in the mobility sector, large-scale energy and industrial consumers such as the chemical industry and commercial air and road transport operators.

  3. Holiferm And Sasol Chemicals Expand Collaboration To Develop And Market Sustainable Surfactants 1/25/2023

    Holiferm Limited and Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol Ltd., announced today a collaboration to produce and market rhamnolipids and mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs).

  4. Tata Chemicals Europe And Vertex Sign Low Carbon Hydrogen Offtake Agreement 1/25/2023

    Tata Chemicals Europe (“TCE”) and Vertex Hydrogen have signed a ‘Heads of Terms’ offtake agreement for over 200 megawatts of low carbon hydrogen.

  5. Oxo Performance Chemicals: OQ Chemicals Invests In Capacity Expansion For Carboxylic Acids 1/24/2023

    The global chemical company OQ Chemicals further expands its production capacity for carboxylic acids. The company has invested in an optimization and debottlenecking project for precursors at its plants in Germany.

  6. Covestro And LANXESS Cooperate To Produce More Sustainable Raw Materials With Reduced CO2 Footprint 1/19/2023

    Chemical companies Covestro and LANXESS are cooperating in the energy-intensive production of basic chemicals at their Lower Rhine sites in Germany and make them more climate friendly.

  7. ACWA Power To Develop Uzbekistan’s First Green Hydrogen And Green Ammonia Projects 1/19/2023

    ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor, and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants worldwide, has signed extensive heads of terms agreements to develop a green hydrogen facility and a green ammonia pilot project in the Republic of Uzbekistan with the country’s Ministry of Energy and Uzkimyosanoat, a state-owned chemical company.

  8. Metso Outotec Signs MOU With Ma’aden For Developing Sustainable Phosphogypsum Processing 1/18/2023

    Metso Outotec and thyssenkrupp Uhde have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ma’aden in Saudi Arabia for developing a novel circular concept to improve the sustainability of Ma’aden’s phosphate operations.

  9. FRX Innovations Offers Its Partnership To 47 Institutional Investors & Major Chemical Companies With An Immediately Actionable Plan To Phase Out Harmful Flame Retardant Chemicals 1/18/2023

    On September 16, 2022, a list of 47 top-tier environmentally conscious international investors, led by Aviva Investors and Storebrand Asset Management and supported by majors including AXA IM, Credit Suisse Asset Management, Macquarie AM, Resona Asset Management, Robeco, and the Swedish National Income Pension System, called on 54 of the world’s largest chemical companies to overhaul their product lines to phase out and ultimately eliminate the use of Forever-Chemicals among other hazardous chemicals, recognizing both the environmental harm and legal risks created by the continued production and sale of these products.

  10. Nanoparticles Make It Easier To Turn Light Into Solvated Electrons 1/17/2023

    There are many ways to initiate chemical reactions in liquids, but placing free electrons directly into water, ammonia and other liquid solutions is especially attractive for green chemistry because solvated electrons are inherently clean, leaving behind no side products after they react.