Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization has selected several companies to conduct a feasibility study on the receiving and distribution business of hydrogen in the Chubu Region. The Study will also aim to focus on developing a large-scale hydrogen supply chain.

Hyundai Motor Group, LG Energy Solution have signed a MOU with the Indonesian Government to set up a joint venture in order to produce battery cells for battery electric vehicles in Indonesia. In this background, the companies will establish a new battery cell plant in Karawang, Indonesia.

Orlen Unipetrol has revealed its development strategy until 2030 which includes the modernization of its chemical facility in Záluží near Litvínov, Czech Republic. In this project, the current boiler plant for the steam cracker’s operations is replaced with a brand-new gas boiler plant and the latest equipment for emission reduction installed at the unit has helped to lower dust emissions by 50 % and NOx emissions by 70 %.

Chevron, Itochu Corporation, Hyzon Motors and Ascent Hydrogen Fund have invested 20-million-dollars in Raven SR. Raven SR’s technology is capable of producing hydrogen fuel compliant with SAE J2719 (the international specification of hydrogen fuel cells) and high-quality synthetic fuels such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Under a Power Purchase Agreement signed between Total Energies and Air Liquide, Total Energies will supply 50 GWh per year of renewable electricity to Air Liquide which will then divert this energy to power its industrial as well as medical gas production sites in Belgium.

Plug Power plans to invest 84 million dollars for establishing a green hydrogen production unit in Camden County, Georgia, USA. The project aims to develop the first North American green hydrogen supply network which will extend across the entire East Coast of the U.S.

The pharma company Merck & Co. and France’s Total have signed a major renewable corporate power purchase agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, 90 GWh of clean energy will be produced annually by Total’s 45 MW solar power project located in Spain.

The companies Evonik, Adare, Solvay, PPG, Icheme, Syngenta and Romaco have made new appointments to senior positions. PROCESS summarizes the latest management decisions for you.

Yokogawa Electric Corporation has recently launched the Oprextm Batch Solution along with the newly developed Integrated Recipe Manager (IRM) which is a central component of the batch solution.

Yokogawa’s new subsidiary ‘Yokogawa Bio Frontier’ commenced business operations on March 22 and will produce and market biomass materials to establish a sustainable carbon cycle.