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Twelve, the carbon transformation company, has announced $130 million (€124 million) in funding to turn CO2 into chemicals, fuels and materials conventionally made from petrochemicals.
Twelve’s carbon transformation technology converts captured CO2 into products historically made from fossil fuels.
According to research from Columbia’s SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy, replacing…
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INEOS Oligomers has announced a phased 50% expansion of its LaPorte High Viscosity (HV) PAO unit.
The plant in Texas is expected to be fully operational by mid-2025.
The unit was initially built with a nameplate capacity of 20,000 tonnes per annum but was engineered to allow efficient expansion to support anticipated sales growth.
It was debottlenecked a first time last year to reach 25 kTpa…
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Titan LNG has rebranded as Titan reflecting its commitment to delivering fuels that decarbonise shipping including liquefied biomethane (LBM) and any hydrogen-derived green fuel in the future.
Titan specialises in providing shipping and industrial customers with end-to-end clean fuel solutions.
This includes project planning, physical supply and delivery, as well as risk management and…
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Pipelines
Wet wipes have been causing obstructions in drains across the country and one UK water company is taking action.
Yorkshire Water said ‘millions of pounds’ was spent by staff clearing drain blockages each year.
Bosses have now called for mandatory ‘do not flush’ labelling on wet wipes to curb the issue.
Wet wipes – particularly baby and toilet wipes – cause some of the worst…
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For the Multnomah County Drainage District No.1 (MCDD) in Portland, Oregon, which helps protect lives and property from flooding, robust pumps and trash rakes are essential.
So from what was already a major, time-sensitive equipment upgrade, the all-important deadline suddenly became a challenging journey into the unknown.
MCDD, in conjunction with three other districts, operates and maintains…
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Obart Pumps and sister company Tsurumi UK have accomplished their goal of becoming Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon neutral by 2023.
The sister companies were already in an enviable position from initiatives started as far back as 2012, such as installing solar panels on their 20,000sq ft head office building in Maidstone, Kent, meaning they generate more energy than the businesses use for their…
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With electricity prices soaring, pump system optimisation experts Riventa have voiced their support to the chairman of Isle’s call for the water industry to make the most of innovative, energy-saving technology.
Speaking about the unavoidable climate crisis, Dr Piers Clark, chairman of leading technical consultancy, Isle, stated that the water sector has significant potential to produce a…
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Evoqua Water Technologies has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Smith Engineering, a US designer, manufacturer and servicer of custom high purity water treatment equipment.
Headquartered in Chaska, Minnesota, Smith Engineering provides water treatment products and services, including filtration, UV, reverse osmosis, and deionisation, for the biotech/pharmaceutical, data centre, food…
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Pipelines
Leading global provider of mission critical air and gas handling products, technologies and services Howden has signed a contract to supply hydrogen reciprocating compressors to India.
This is for the MSB Unit at the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project (NREP).
NREP is expanding its refining capacity from its current three million to nine million metric tons per annum (MMTPA) by installing a…
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Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s liquefaction technology - solidifying the company’s efforts to advance chemical recycling. Alterra Energy is a US-based company that has developed a proprietary thermochemical solution for liquefaction of hard-to-recycle plastic.
The company is already running an industrial-scale facility in Akron, Ohio, that transforms…
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Pumps
KSB and Leistritz Pumpen are embarking on a joint service future with the aim of becoming even more efficient and networked, providing an extended range of screw pump services.
Following a successful test phase in France, the service alliance will be rolled out step by step to other countries.
Frankenthal-based KSB is a leading supplier of pumps, valves and services. More than 190 service…
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Pipelines
Tata Chemicals Europe has opened the UK’s first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant signalling a key milestone in the race to meet the UK’s net zero targets.
The £20 million (€23 million) investment has been completed by Northwich-based Tata Chemicals Europe.
The plant captures 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year - the equivalent to taking over 20,000 cars off the…
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Pipelines
Topsoe will build the world’s most advanced industrial scale electrolyser production facility to speed up commercial-size Power-to-X in the light of the EU’s green hydrogen goals.
This has increased the demand for electrolysers with the recent REPowerEU strategy.
The production facility in Denmark will be able to support the GW-size green hydrogen projects that many developers have at the…
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Valves that control process and auxiliary media reliably and precisely are an important component in the digitisation of process plants.
Schubert & Salzer Control Systems are now offering the latest generation of their tried-and-tested 8049 digital positioner for pneumatic control valves with IO-Link.
Important diagnostic data from controller and valve are thus available to plant operating…
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Pumps
A new furnace capable of running on hydrogen has arrived at Liverpool Port.
The furnace, which is part of a multimillion-pound investment by Essar Oil UK (EOUK), is heading for Stanlow in Ellesmere Port and will become the first hydrogen-powered furnace of its kind in the UK.
It is a vital piece of kit to support the decarbonisation of Essar Stanlow’s operations.
The facility will run off…
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Wanner International is demonstrating two fully-operational Hydra-Cell® high efficiency seal-less and packing-free chemical processing pumps at ACHEMA.
Visitors to the stand will see the extremely low pulse MT08 dosing pump in action, producing a smooth flow for consistent processes.
Visitors will view the internal components of the pump head, including the triplex diaphragms of the…
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LG Chem announced its plan to produce hydrogen as a key component of its long-term 2050 net-zero corporate sustainability goal.
South Korea’s largest chemical company said it will establish a plant in Daesan, Korea, with the capacity to produce 50,000 tons of hydrogen annually by the second quarter in 2024.
This plant will be the first LG Chem site to produce pure hydrogen, apart from those…
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Flowmeters
Research into the fabrication of a new hydrogen gas leak detection sensor has won £30,000 (€35,000) pump priming funding to support the safe expansion of clean hydrogen energy into daily life.
The study is part of an integrated energy research programme undertaken at the National Subsea Centre (NSC), created in partnership between Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the Net Zero Technology…
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