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Why Your Firm Should Consider Products’ Total Cost of Ownership

October 17, 2016November 29, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

As corporations look to cut their environmental costs, evaluating total cost of ownership — or the total direct and indirect costs of owning a product or service — provides a way to achieve greater environmental accountability and better resource management. It’s not an easy task. It requires executives to dive ... Read more »

World’s Largest Companies Decoupling Emissions, Business Growth

June 27, 2016February 8, 2023 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Greenhouse gas emissions data from the world’s 500 largest companies shows that for the first time, the Global 500 are beginning to grow their businesses and manage their emissions at a rate that follows the global scientific consensus on the risks of climate change, according to a Thomson Reuters report. ... Read more »

Praxair to Build CO2 Purification Plant at Delaware Refinery

July 16, 2015July 15, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Praxair has signed a deal to purchase crude carbon dioxide from Delaware City Refining. Under the long-term agreement, Praxair will build, own and operate a 450-ton-per-day carbon dioxide purification and liquefaction plant at the refinery, producing beverage-quality liquid carbon dioxide for distribution into the Northeastern US merchant market. This new ... Read more »

Plug Power, Praxair Sign Liquid Hydrogen Agreement

November 5, 2014November 4, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Plug Power has signed a long-term hydrogen distribution agreement with Praxair, North America’s largest liquid hydrogen producer, which will allow Plug Power to offer Praxair hydrogen to its US customers using the company’s GenKey hydrogen fuel cell system. The GenKey system consists of three separate elements: GenDrive fuel cell units, ... Read more »

Praxair Starts Up CO2 Purification Facility

December 11, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Praxair has fired up its carbon dioxide purification facility at the Honeywell Resins & Chemicals site in Hopewell, Va. Under a long-term agreement, Praxair will purchase CO2 from Honeywell Resins & Chemicals, one of the world’s largest producers of nylon resin and caprolactam, a critical feedstock used for nylon production. ... Read more »

CDP Global 500: 10% of Largest Companies Produce 73% of GHGs

September 12, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BMW, Daimler, Philips Electronics, Nestlé, financial firm BNY Mellon, Cisco Systems and utility Gas Natural SDG — all with perfect 100 disclosure scores and A performance ratings — top the CDP’s list of the world’s best companies in terms of climate change disclosure and performance. Honda, Nissan, Volkswagen, Hewlett-Packard and ... Read more »

DOE-Funded Project Aims to Improve Industrial Energy Use

March 29, 2013September 1, 2022 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US Department of Energy has awarded a clean energy manufacturing contract for a $10 million project to develop the nation’s first open smart technology platform for collaborative, industrial and networked information applications. The project, led by the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition, will receive $7.8 million from the DOE’s Office ... Read more »

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