A global survey conducted by Yokogawa has unveiled that industrial autonomy will have a significant impact on environmental sustainability in the background of the increasing number of industrial autonomy projects across the globe.

Carbon-based organic micropollutants in water can be removed by treatment with high-intensity pulses of light in a procedure developed and demonstrated by researchers at Kaust University.

Yara has plans to decarbonize the food chain by developing fossil free fertilizers or green fertilizers which are produced with ammonia based on renewable energy. The green fertilizers will be marketed by Lantmännen in Sweden by 2023. With this move, the companies aim to develop the world’s first fossil free food chain.

Linde Engineering has officially started up the world’s first full-scale pilot plant in Dormagen, Germany, to showcase how hydrogen can be separated from natural gas streams using Linde’s Hiselect powered by Evonik membrane technology.

Total Energies Polymer plant in Feluy, Belgium, announced the startup of a new production of high-performance polymers with the commissioning of a new reactor in its polypropylene unit.

With this acquisition, Clariant aims to expand its Functional Minerals business in the Americas and further enhance the company’s position in renewable fuels purification. The deal is expected to close in summer this year.

Phillips 66 and Novonix have signed a technology development agreement to advance the production and commercialization of next-generation anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The collaboration builds on strategic investment and will accelerate the development of next-generation anode materials for the battery supply chain.

Eneos and Preferred Networks (PFN) have achieved a breakthrough in autonomous plant operations by successfully operating a butadiene extraction unit autonomously for two consecutive days by making use of a new artificial intelligence system at Eneos Kawasaki Refinery's petrochemical plant in Japan.

Shell has begun operations of a 20 MW hydrogen electrolyzer in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China. The electrolyzer will produce green hydrogen which will be supplied to fuel cell vehicles for the upcoming Olympic Games. Post the games, hydrogen will be supplied to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region’s public and commercial transport which will help to decarbonize its mobility sector.

With an aim to meet the growing demand for copper in e-mobility across the globe, Solvay has plans to expand its production capacity for copper solvent extraction products at its Mount Pleasant, Tennessee facility in the USA. With the expansion, the company is expected to increase its capacity by 20 %.