Hydrogen
Rolls-Royce CEO says aviation needs to act on net zero pledges
Aviation needs to accelerate the use of biofuels before new technologies like hydrogen and electric-powered aircraft become viable to limit emissions as demand for travel will not abate.
Danish Power-to-X partnership breaks ground on first of its kind green ammonia project
The partners officially started construction of the demonstration plant in Lemvig, Denmark, that will produce green ammonia based on renewable power and electrolysis of water.
Japan firms eye ammonia, methanol projects in Canada, Alberta minister says
Japanese companies are looking to invest in the Canadian province of Alberta to produce ammonia and methanol in the effort to build global supply chains of greener energy to fight climate change, a provincial minister said.
Case studies: Evaluation of the soundness and remaining life of PSA vessels with weld defects
Multiple defects were found in pressure swing adsorption (PSA) vessels during an outage of one of four PSA process units.
Chevron New Energies, Crowley lead first close of Series A funding round for Zero Emissions Industries
The new funds are expected to enable ZEI to roll out their next generation fully integrated marine power system and scale quickly to meet the demand within the maritime industry for their zero emission propulsion solutions.
Imperial advances renewable diesel plans, awards hydrogen contract to Air Products
Imperial announced a long-term contract with Air Products to supply low-carbon hydrogen for Imperial’s proposed renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta.
The downstream rundown: In case you missed it 09/02
In case you missed any downstream news, here are the top stories from last week. These articles include announcements from BASF, Shell, Axens, Petronas and many more. Keep up to date with the latest industry news.
History of the HPI: The 2000s: Net-zero, environmental regulations, capacity acceleration and digital transformation
This final installment of the History of the HPI series details major events in the refining and petrochemicals industry over the past 20 yr, including stricter regulations/initiatives to curb carbon emissions, a safer and more environmentally friendly way to produce and handle chemicals, significant capital investments to boost production capacity and digital transformation.
The downstream rundown: In case you missed it 08/19
In case you missed any downstream news, here are the top stories from last week.
Raven SR and Howden partner to streamline waste-to-fuels process
The renewable fuels company Raven SR announced it has signed an MoU with Howden to provide more certainty in procuring key components for hydrogen fuel production facilities, including advanced compressors.
- Petrobras signs on with Baker Hughes for sweeping gas turbines service agreement 3/18
- TwinThread launches Perfect Batch, an AI-powered analytics solution to optimize batch production 3/18
- bp to block union workers from Whiting refinery 3/18
- Analysis: Licocene Terra, using renewable carbon in hot melt polymers for adhesive formulations 3/18
- Ionautics finds breakthrough in iridium-based porous catalyst layer technology for green hydrogen production 3/18
- thyssenkrupp nucera supplies electrolyzers for Moeve’s green hydrogen project 3/18
