Collaboration is key to scaling up low carbon hydrogen output
Bruno Roche, Global Head of Energy Transition, ABB Process Automation, Energy Industries, explains how ongoing technological innovation and collaboration can make a world of difference in scaling up green hydrogen production to decarbonise industry.
Hydrogen...
2030: the quest for a 100% sustainable detergent
By José María Cuadro, ESG and Sustainability Director of Cepsa Química
As societies grow and advance, interest in hygiene and cleanliness rises, which also increases the use of detergents. Worldwide consumption of these products has grown exponentially...
Intellectual Property (IP) and Green Chemical inventions
Eleanor MacIver and Jeremy Webster, partners at IP firm Mewburn Ellis, look at the issues inherent in patenting Green Chemical innovation, and the importance of a clear IP strategy to achieve commercially valuable protection.
Research...
Accurate and robust analysis of lithium-ion battery materials using ICP-OES and GC-MS
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are at the forefront of energy storage solutions thanks to their high storage capacity, superior energy density, and relatively low cost. Over the past three decades, demand for LIBs has grown...
Turning sawdust into biochemicals
Bio-Sep, a sustainable startup converting low-value sawdust into high-value biochemicals, has secured $1.7 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by London Business School’s Enterprise 100 Club (E100 Club) and ACF Investors, with additional...
Maersk: accelerating the transition from fossil fuel follower to green industry leader
Sustainability underpins A.P. Møller-Maersk’s pledge to be the responsible logistics partner of choice for the chemical industry. Global Vertical Head of Chemicals, Patrick Hore, explains how the end-to-end international freight services partner is leading...
Thrive, not survive: Adding value at every touchpoint is key to tackling supply chain...
By Karsten Smet, Director, ACI Group
Between climate change, Covid-19 and the Ukraine war, supply chains are now wedged deep into ‘survival mode’. When speaking to colleagues in the industry, many have felt like the...
Sustainable bioplastics facility is world-first
Work has started on the world’s first FDCA Flagship Plant in the Netherlands.
Avantium’s bioplastics facility at Delfzijl will produce plant-based furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a key building block for many chemicals and plastics such as...
New technology electrifies key processes in chemicals
New Oxbridge-developed tech could cut 30 per cent of industrial CO2 emissions.
Oxbridge-developed technology uses electrification to remove the need for burning of fossil fuels in high-emitting industrial processes.
Powered by electricity from renewable sources, the...
Decarbonisation technology proven at Waste-to-Energy plant
Danish researchers have shown it’s possible to remove most of the carbon dioxide (CO2) from waste incinerator emissions.
A key objective of net zero is to develop and exploit decarbonisation technologies such as carbon capture...