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Bayer CO2 project among best ideas for the future
Pilot plant in Leverkusen is one of the “Selected Landmarks 2012”
02-06-2012
A Bayer project for using the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as a component for plastics is among Germany’s most promising ideas for the future. The “Dream Production” research initiative is one of the award winners in this year’s “365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” competition. A pilot plant ...
Flue gas as a raw material – Newly discovered microorganisms utilise CO2 particularly well
01-05-2012
Tailor-made specialist micro-organisms directly “feed” on CO2-containing flue gases from lignitefired power stations and even grow at temperatures of 60 degrees centigrade. This is the very promising initial result of a research project run in co-operation by RWE Power and BRAIN AG. The ...
Cost-effective Determination of Inorganic Anions and Cations in Municipal Drinking Water
12-06-2011
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced a new application demonstrating the separation of common inorganic anions and cations in municipal drinking water samples on the capillary Thermo Scientific Dionex IonPac AS19 hydroxide-selective anion-exchange column and the Thermo Scientific Dionex ...
Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces New Method for Low Level Detection of Volatile Nitrosamines in Tobacco
11-16-2011
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced a new comprehensive method that uses triple quadrupole GC-MS/MS to achieve lower levels of detection of volatile nitrosamines (VNA) in tobacco. The new method allows environmental laboratories, tobacco companies and government agencies to efficiently ...
Linde carbon capture project to receive major R&D grant by U.S. Department of Energy
08-29-2011
The U.S. Department of Energy has selected technology group The Linde Group to receive USD 15 million for the advancement of carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies. Linde’s pilot plant, to be built in Wilsonville, AL, is targeted to be operational by early 2014. The facility will test ...
New technology expands ability to recycle precious metals
Strategic partnership between Heraeus and PhosphonicS
08-24-2011
Precious metals like platinum and rhodium are very valuable, and also very rare. That makes it increasingly important to recycle these precious metals from a wide variety of industrial uses. For example, various catalytic processes in the chemical industry generate large amounts of fluid ...
Bayer among favorites for German Sustainability Award
08-09-2011
A novel process for the production of plastics using carbon dioxide has made Bayer AG a favorite for this year’s German Sustainability Award. The company is among the top three candidates in the category “Germany’s Most Sustainable Initiatives.” Bayer was nominated for the Dream Production ...
Bayer MaterialScience: Intelligent technology improves energy efficiency
New industrial production process: Significant reduction in electricity consumption and CO2 emissions
08-02-2011
With the introduction of a new industrial manufacturing process, Bayer MaterialScience is poised to significantly reduce energy consumption and cut CO2 emissions. At the Chempark Krefeld-Uerdingen site, a demonstration plant with an annual capacity of 20,000 metric tons of chlorine has gone ...
Effective CO2 Capture on a Large Scale
07-04-2011
A pilot project by Siemens and E.ON has shown that emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from power plants can be effectively captured on a large scale. At the Staudinger coal-fired power plant near Hanau, Germany, more than 90 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) in the facility’s ...
New green recycling plant promises a cleaner second life for plastics
GreenCentre Canada spinoff's switchable solvent spells gold for Ontario's landfills
06-15-2011
Millions of kilograms of used plastics, including foam cushion packaging and soiled food containers, may soon be a thing of the past in Ontario landfills, thanks to a new recycling company being launched.Switchable Solutions Inc. of Kingston, ON announced that it is building its first ...
