Johnson Matthey to acquire battery materials business from Clariant
Swiss specialty chemicals giant Clariant has agreed to divest its Business Line Energy Storage to UK-based Johnson Matthey, which will further strengthen JM’s Battery Technologies business. Clariant’s Energy Storage unit is a leading supplier of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode material to the lithium-ion battery sector for both automotive and non-automotive applications.
US Department of Energy awards $13.4 million to develop advanced biofuels and bio-products
Investment in biofuel projects aim to help drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from biomass.
Grand Coalition to expand network of hydrogen fueling stations in Germany
Automaker Daimler and industrial gases giant The Linde Group are teaming with oil & gas companies Total, OMV, Avia and Hoyer to significantly increase the number of hydrogen fueling stations in Germany. The initiative will implement 13 new refueling locations by the end of 2015, and secure sustainable sourcing of ‘green’ hydrogen.
AREVA and Schneider Electric team up for energy storage project
Partners sign R&D agreement to develop a new energy storage solution that combines hydrobromic acid and hydrogen.
Innovation: Biofuel derived from coffee processing wastewater
Four-year sustainability project reveals that farmers in Central America were able to extract biofuels from the wastewater produced by coffee mills.
Red Rock Biofuels wins $70 million grant for biomass project
Biomass-to-liquids plant in Oregon will incorporate Velocys Fischer-Tropsch technology.
Air Products expands hydrogen tube trailer fleet in UK, upgrades hydrogen fueling station at Heathrow
Air Products has introduced an additional SmartFuel® hydrogen high-pressure tube trailer to its UK fleet. The trailer will deliver large volumes of hydrogen at high pressure to the new, publicly accessible Air Products hydrogen refueling station at London Heathrow Airport.
Linde starts up series production of hydrogen refueling stations in Vienna
The Linde Group has officially opened what it says is the world’s first small-series production facility for hydrogen fueling stations in Austria. Linde has also closed a deal with Iwatani Corporation in Japan for the delivery of 28 hydrogen fueling stations with ionic compressors.

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