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  I have done 2 phone consulting sessions for Fortune500 companies this week. The topics we discussed were Catalyst and Aroma chemicals and their market size, latest trends, Supply chain, and pricing in the global market. Wish you all a prosperous New year 2022.

  Five dead and at least 15 were injured by explosion and fire at Gujarat Fluorochemicals Five people were killed and at least 15 others injured during an explosion and subsequent fire at a fluorochemicals plant in the Panchmahal district of Gujarat, India, on 16 December, according to local news reports. The cause of the fatal blast, which was apparently heard several kilometers away, remains undetermined. Gujarat Fluorochemicals is owned by the Indian conglomerate Inox group. It produces products like fluoropolymers and refrigerants. An explosion and fire at RP industries in Ankleshwar, Gujarat, on 7 December killed one worker and hospitalized five others; while an incident fire in February at agrochemical maker UPL, also in Gujarat, killed two workers and injured more than two dozen others in February of this year. Source: Chemistry World

The Basque company Cikautxo, the Tecnalia technology center, and Técnicas Reunidas are leading the first entirely Spanish consortium to launch a truck powered by hydrogen and electricity, capable of carrying up to 40 tons. The project, called SHINEFLEET, is actively working on the decarbonization of road freight transport. For this, technological solutions, based on hydrogen, will be developed to promote intelligent and sustainable mobility of heavy transport fleets in order to replace diesel vehicles. The truck is expected to be in the testing period in 2023. The challenge is to make this vehicle profitable and weigh as little as possible so as not to reduce load capacity. This initiative will result in a hydrogen fuel cell for trucks, and a modular and compact generation system that combines renewable and blue hydrogen. The project is structured in three different areas: – The creation of a new intelligent system for the decentralized production of hydrogen with a low carbon footprin...

  Through their joint venture, TotalEnergies and Clean Energy are launching the construction of their first biomethane production unit, in Friona, Texas. The biomethane will be used as an alternative fuel for mobility, thus contributing to decarbonizing road transportation. In March 2021, the two partners set up a 50/50 joint venture to speed up the development of biomethane production in the United States. Located on the Del Rio Dairy farm, the facility will be fueled by the onsite supply of livestock manure to produce more than 40 GWh of biomethane per year. The fuel will be distributed by Clean Energy through its network of natural gas stations, enabling the supply of biomethane to between 200 and 300 trucks per year. By processing cow manure, a significant source of methane emissions, and substituting fossil fuels with renewable energies, the project will avoid some 45,000 tons of CO2e emissions per year. “We are pleased to consolidate our entry into the U.S. biomethane market...