PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2024’ from all over the world. Right from the MOL Group inaugurating one of the largest green hydrogen plants in Europe to BASF, Sabic and Linde starting up the world’s first large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnace, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Under a definitive agreement signed between the two parties, Albemarle Corporation will deliver battery-grade lithium to the BMW Group for developing electric vehicles. Both the firms will also collaborate for developing safer and more energy dense lithium-ion batteries.

These are the birth pangs of a new economy: the increasing demand for chemical products is bringing growth to the industry, which at the same time has to cope with the necessary transformation towards climate neutrality. For chemical plant construction, both of these factors mean a lot of work in the coming years - in addition to enormous challenges, huge opportunities await.

Eneos and Sumitomo have awarded a Feed contract to JGC Corporation for a green hydrogen and MCH production plant in Malaysia. The green hydrogen plant is expected to produce approximately 90,000 tons of CO2-free hydrogen per year for conversion to MCH.

With an investment of 22-million-euros, MOL Group has successfully inaugurated a green hydrogen plant in Százhalombatta, Hungary. The plant is expected to produce 1,600 tonnes of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen annually and will also reduce the Danube Refinery's carbon dioxide emissions by 25,000 tonnes.

Tsubame BHB has developed an ammonia synthesis method that makes use of electride catalysts. The electride catalysts enable the synthesis of hydrogen and nitrogen at relatively low temperature and pressure levels, leading to reduced environmental impact of the ammonia synthesis process.

Eight major companies including Total Energies have come together to establish an international coalition which will aim at supporting the development of production and use of e-natural gas.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of February 2024’ from all over the world. Right from Chevron Lummus Global commissioning the world’s largest all-hydroprocessing white oil unit to Lanzajet inaugurating the world’s first ethanol to SAF production facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

With an aim to accelerate and scale green hydrogen production, Bekaert and Toshiba have collaborated for the membrane electrode assemblies technology which is a vital component for PEM electrolyzers.

Rohm Semiconductor has successfully completed the demonstration of Manufacturing Process Optimization by utilizing Quanmatic’s Quantum Technology. This is a landmark move as it is the world’s first implementation in a large-scale semiconductor manufacturing plant.