The startup firm is a producer of non-petroleum-based leather alternative for car interiors. By investing in NFW, Asahi Kasei aims to support global automotive OEMs to reduce the environmental burden of automobiles.

LG Chem has begun the construction of the largest cathode material facility in the United States. Located in Tennessee, the plant is capable of producing cathode materials for approximately 600,000 high-performance pure electric vehicles.

Yokogawa Electric has been selected to supply an energy management system for the Yuri Green Hydrogen Project in Australia. Once complete, the project is expected to produce up to 640 tons of green hydrogen annually.

A consortium led by Vianode has successfully been granted a funding of 7-million dollars from the Norwegian Research Council. The grant is expected to be used to develop technologies which will help in more efficient and environmentally friendly production methods and support the zero-emission process industry in Norway.

Kellas Midstream has begun Feed work on the H2northeast hydrogen project in Teesside, USA. For the project, the firm has partnered with Johnson Matthey as well as Worley and Johnson Matthey’s LCH technology will be used to produce low carbon hydrogen at the site.

Government authorities have granted permission for the construction and operation of two 100 MW electrolyzers at the RWE gas-fired power plant site in Lingen, Germany. With this, the Get H2 Nukleus project aims to produce up to 35,000 tonnes of green hydrogen annually.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of September 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Adnoc developing one of the largest carbon capture projects in MENA to KBR’s technology being selected for the world's first commercial ammonia cracking unit, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Construction of two carbon capture units by Ørsted has begun in Denmark. The project is expected to capture and store carbon emissions from the woodchip-fired Asnæs Power Station in Kalundborg and the straw-fired unit at Avedøre Power Station in Greater Copenhagen.

Covestro has plans to invest a mid to high double-digit million-euro amount for the modernization of its production plant in Dormagen, Germany by 2025. With this, the company aims to significantly improve the plant's energy efficiency and thereby reduce CO2 emissions.

BASF and Zeroavia have plans to carry out research on next generation membrane electrode assemblies for Zeroavia’s high temperature proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell stacks for aviation.