Saint-Gobain North America, through its high-performance ceramics business Saint-Gobain NorPro, began a recycling program at its ceramics plant in Bryan, Texas. Through this program, scrap finished goods are recycled and used in production at other plants throughout Saint-Gobain Ceramics, including its facility in Huntsville, Ala.
Bila Solar, the Singapore-based developer of glassless, frameless solar modules, plans to invest nearly $35 million to renovate a facility in Indianapolis to produce 1 GW of glassless, frameless solar modules per year.
Corning Inc. built its first integrated supply chain to produce next-generation, ultrathin bendable glass in the Republic of Korea, where it plans to invest a combined $1.5 billion for five years.
Slovenian glassmaker Hrastnik1860 plans to implement a hydrogen pilot in the glass industry as part of the European Union’s North Adriatic Hydrogen Valley project. The hydrogen pilot will involve integrating a large-scale PEM water electrolyzer and hydrogen storage with an oxy-fuel glass furnace.
The Verder Group acquired ERWEKA, a highly regarded German company renowned for its development and manufacturing of premium tablet testing equipment. With this acquisition, Verder Scientific further strengthens its position and accelerates the growth trajectory in targeted niche markets with high state-of-the-art equipment.
Oklo Inc. and Centrus Energy Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding to support deployment of Oklo’s advanced fission powerhouses and advanced nuclear fuel production in southern Ohio. The companies have been partners since 2021 when they signed a letter of intent to cooperatively develop a high-assay, low-enriched uranium fuel facility.
The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources and Low Emission Technology Australia signed a memorandum of understanding for collaborative research efforts in the advancement of energy technology.
The U.S. Department of Energy and India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy launched the new U.S.–India Renewable Energy Technology Action Platform (RETAP) under the Strategic Clean Energy Partnership. RETAP is intended to advance new and emerging renewable technologies with a view toward deployment and scaling.
UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, entered into a joint development agreement with First Solar, Inc. to further collaborate on developing the potential to incorporate fluorescent quantum dot technology in advanced solar modules.
A licensing agreement between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and research partner ZEISS will enable industrial X-ray computed tomography to perform rapid evaluations of 3D-printed components using ORNL’s machine learning algorithm, Simurgh.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $30 million to help lower the costs of the onshore production of rare earths and other critical minerals and materials from domestic coal-based resources.
The U.S. Department of the Interior held the first-ever offshore wind energy auction for the Gulf of Mexico region, resulting in one lease area receiving a high bid of $5.6 million. RWE Offshore US Gulf, LLC was the winner of the Lake Charles Lease Area, which has the potential to generate approximately 1.24 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity.
The International Atomic Energy Agency published the 2023 edition of its Country Nuclear Power Profiles, which provides information on the status and development of nuclear power programs around the world. The publication coincides with the launch of a redesigned web platform featuring countries’ official nuclear power data.
Data from Halifax Home Insurance revealed that the company received 45% more claims in 2022 than the previous year for subsidence (ground sinking) claims. This data provides insight into the impact of hot weather on homes in the U.K.
Şişecam will produce low-carbon automotive glass for electric vehicles as part of the ZEvRA project (Zero Emission Electric Vehicles Enabled by Harmonised Circularity), which was launched to contribute to a clean and competitive future. The project is coordinated by Fraunhofer Institute, Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization.
The ROSS line of high speed dispersers are economical mixers widely used in various industries such as chemicals, polymers, composites, inks, paints, and adhesives. Designed to mix powders into liquids and break down particle agglomerates to generate fine stable dispersions, these mixers make a wide variety of batters, thin pastes, and slurries.
