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  1. SwitcH2 And CorPower Ocean Partner On Wave-Powered Green Ammonia 12/2/2024

    SwitcH2 is partnering with CorPower Ocean to deliver a unique industrial scale floating green ammonia production facility partially powered by wave energy.

  2. Harnessing Multi-Element Perovskites As Catalysts For Selective Oxidation Of Light Alkanes 11/29/2024

    A promising new catalyst could transform selective oxidation processes for light alkanes, as reported by scientists at Science Tokyo. In a recent study, they developed an iron-oxide-based perovskite that can turn isobutane into valuable products like tert-butyl alcohol under mild conditions.

  3. Chemistry Textbooks Need Rewriting After New Research 11/29/2024

    Scientists are calling for changes to chemistry textbooks after discovering a fundamental aspect of structural organic chemistry has been incorrectly described for almost 100 years.

  4. New Hybrid Catalyst For Clean Oxygen Production 11/28/2024

    A research team at the Institute of Materials Chemistry at TU Wien, led by Professor Dominik Eder, has developed a new synthetic approach to create durable, conductive and catalytically active hybrid framework materials for (photo)electrocatalytic water splitting.

  5. European Energy And Petrobras Strengthen Partnership For Green Methanol Production In Brazil 11/28/2024

    European Energy and Petrobras, a key player in Brazil’s energy and Power-to-X sector, have taken a step toward advancing green methanol production with the signing of a Heads of Agreement.

  6. UBE Decides To Increase Production Capacity Of High-Purity Nitric Acid For Semiconductor Applications 11/28/2024

    UBE Corporation (President: Masato Izumihara; Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter, "UBE") announced today that it has decided to increase production capacity of high-purity nitric acid at the Ube Chemical Factory (Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture) in order to meet a further increase in demand in the future.

  7. Clariant's MegaMax Catalysts Will Power China's First Biomass-To-Green Methanol Project 11/27/2024

    Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that its MegaMax catalyst was selected for a China’s biomass gasification-to-green methanol project.

  8. North Sea Port Becomes Hub For Sustainable Aviation Fuel And Chemicals Production 11/27/2024

    North Sea Port and Ghent-based Terra Mater BV are collaborating with the Brazilian group Petrom to produce sustainable aviation fuel and basic chemicals. Terra Mater will utilize its proprietary 2X Alcohol-to-Jet technology, developed in Ghent, for this venture.

  9. Elkem Secures EUR 1.8 Million EU Grant To Explore CO2-Free Silicon Production 11/27/2024

    Elkem ASA has secured EUR 1.8 million in funding from the European Union for the groundbreaking Elkem Sicalo (Silicon production with carbon looping) project, which aims to eliminate all CO2 emissions from silicon production.

  10. Hygenco Selects Danish Company Topsoe As Licensor For Its Green Ammonia Plant 11/26/2024

    Hygenco Green Energies, a pioneer in low-cost green hydrogen production, has announced a partnership with Denmark-based Topsoe, a leading global technology provider for the energy transition, as the licensor for its green ammonia plant in Gopalpur, Odisha.