Equinor has given the go-ahead for the construction of the Blandford Road battery storage project in Dorset, the south of the UK. The 25 MW / 50 MWh battery storage project is a result of the partnership between Equinor and Noriker Power.

The CPHI Frankfurt report offers an insight into the opportunities for biologics production and CMOs in 2023. It states that outsourcing of biologics globally is expected to rise in 2023 as China’s innovation engine stalls.

Anyone who prints pharmaceutical labels needs a lot of expertise and experience. But with the right hardware, software and advice, even newcomers can efficiently produce the complex pharmaceutical labels in short runs - an interesting option for pharmaceutical retailers who specialise in re-imports and want to print very small quantities of labels themselves.

The innovative pilot unit is located at Solvay’s La Rochelle plant in France and will assist the firm to scale up the development of advanced inorganic materials for solid electrolytes in order to support the battery industry amidst the rising demand for electric vehicles.

AMI Consulting’s new report ‘Chemical Recycling, Global Status 2022’ offers detailed information on numerous chemical recyclers and their sites. The report also identifies a global chemical recycling input capacity of close to 1.2 million tonnes in 2022 and mentions that Europe currently leads in technological developments for chemical recycling.

Yokogawa Electric has been selected by Shell as the Main Automation Contractor for the Holland Hydrogen I plant being developed in the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands. Yokogawa will optimize operations at the plant which is expected to produce up to 60,000 kilograms of green hydrogen per day.

The Grasshopper Project is a new generation of power plants based on fuel cells (FCPP: Fuel Cell Power Plant). Abengoa, a participant in the Grasshopper Project has started-up and commissioned a demo plant which aims at producing sustainable energy via fuel cells from hydrogen.

Neste has launched a strategic study to transition its Porvoo refinery in Finland into a renewable and circular solutions site. The move is expected to discontinue the refining of crude oil at the site by the mid-2030s. The company is also exploring opportunities for green hydrogen at its refinery.

With an aim to establish a domestic lithium supply chain in North America for the electric vehicle market, Snow Lake Lithium has partnered with LG Energy Solution to build one of Canada’s first lithium hydroxide processing plants in Manitoba.

Kemira has plans to divest most of its colorants business to US-based firm Chromascape. The deal also includes its manufacturing site at Goose Creek in South Carolina. Kemira will retain its colorants business in the APAC region.