Repsol has started up its 2.5 MW electrolyzer at its Petronor industrial center in Biscay, Spain which is expected to produce 350 tons per year of renewable hydrogen for industrial use.

Located in China, Clariant’s new production facility for flame retardants comprises of a first production line for which an amount of 66-million-dollars has been invested. The move is expected to provide local customers with innovative and sustainable Exolit OP flame retardants which will support the growth of engineering plastics applications in E-mobility and electrical & electronic segments.

Thyssenkrupp Nucera and Neste have plans to incorporate a 120-MW water electrolyzer into Neste’s Porvoo refinery in Finland. Both the parties have entered into an agreement to reserve production capacities for the electrolyzer at the site.

In the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, the requirements on flexibility, safety and automation are increasing in order to implement hygiene and reproducibility more efficiently. Within this context, Vega level and pressure sensors can make a decisive contribution.

With an aim to cater to the North American market for electric vehicle batteries, Umicore is currently developing a 35 GWh equivalent battery materials production plant in Loyalist, Ontario, Canada.

The ‘E-cracking’ or ‘electric’ cracking technology has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90 % as compared to other traditional crackers. By utilizing electricity from renewable sources, the technology has the capacity to decarbonize one of the most energy-intensive processes in the chemical industry. PROCESS Worldwide tracks down the progress made in this space.

Madoqua Power2X has selected KBR’s K-Green technology for its green ammonia project in Sines, Portugal. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology license, proprietary engineering design and equipment, and catalyst solutions for the project.

Repsol has selected Honeywell’s Ecofining technology to produce biofuels at its Puertollano facility in Spain. The technology is expected to provide Repsol with an efficient and high yield solution to produce renewable fuels and petrochemical precursors from residual feedstocks.

The new Borstar polyethylene unit is a part of Borealis and Total Energies’ Baystar joint venture. Located in Texas, the facility is expected to produce 625,000 metric tons-per-year.

Arkema has further decreased the carbon footprint of its bio-based Rilsan polyamide 11 grades by 46 %, reaching less than 2 kg CO2e/kg. This was made possible by the firm’s use of renewable or low carbon energy sources and by making various energy efficiency improvements in its production sites.