In December 2022, Business Finland awarded Neste with a public funding of 27.7 million euros for green hydrogen projects at Neste’s refinery in Porvoo, Finland, aiming to develop solutions for renewable hydrogen production.

Wuxi STA has recently developed its first high potency oral drug product manufacturing facility in China. With this project, the company aims to expand its integrated drug product R&D and manufacturing services to customers across the globe.

John Cockerill has plans to develop a gigafactory for manufacturing electrolyzers which will help in the establishment of an integrated green hydrogen industry in Morocco. The factory will produce high-powered alkaline electrolyzers on a large-scale.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of December 2022’ from all over the world. Right from developing Europe’s largest green hydrogen hub to Sulzer offering technologies for the world’s first commercial scale e-methanol plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

A manufacturer of specialty chemicals handles two problematic powdered ingredients, benzofuroxan and triazolon, to produce their energetic products for mining and demolition. In addition to being known irritants, these compounds are abrasive, dusty, hygroscopic, compressible, and tend to pack and cake. When exposed to air and allowed to rest, they agglomerate into fist-sized clumps which harden, making them difficult to convey without interruption.

Cypress Development is conducting a feasibility study for the Clayton Valley Lithium Project in Nevada, USA. In this background, thyssenkrupp nucera has been selected to carry out the designing and engineering for a chlor-alkali plant which will help the project to self-generate two key reagents for processing lithium-bearing claystone in order to produce lithium carbonate products.

Italian chemical company Sabo acquired Evonik’s two TAA production sites in Marl, Germany and Liaoyang, China, as of January 1, 2023. Around 250 employees have been transfered to new owner.

Under a MOU, Air Liquide, Chevron, Keppel Infrastructure and Petrochina have formed a consortium to explore the development of large-scale CCUS solutions and integrated infrastructure in Singapore. The project is aimed at supporting the country’s energy and chemicals sector.

Under the chemical industry’s ‘Together for Sustainability’ initiative, the sector has agreed on a global guideline for calculating product carbon footprints. The new guideline aims to provide specific calculation instructions for emissions from ‘cradle-to-gate’ for chemicals and will also assist companies to compare and evaluate the climate impact of their products.

Hydrocarbon producers face mounting pressure to become climate resilient, reduce carbon emissions, and focus on revenue streams from renewables. To alleviate this pressure, power generation organizations need to embrace renewable alternatives, and while some companies have become early adopters, many operators are looking at substantial changes to their business models to accommodate the transition.