The consortium has been selected by Calpine for a Feed contract in order to develop a carbon capture unit project in Baytown, Texas, USA. The project is expected to capture two million tons per annum of CO2.

Under ‘Project Greensand’ a consortium led by Ineos has proved that the CCS technology is feasible after successfully capturing CO2 from Belgium and then storing it into a depleted oil field in the Danish North Sea. Project Greensand aims to store up to 8 million tonnes of CO2 annually in the area by 2030.

Calpine has awarded a Feed contract to Technip Energies, Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Zachry Group for its new carbon capture project in Texas, USA. The project is expected to capture two million tons of CO2 annually.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of January 2023’ from all over the world. Right from inaugurating one of the world’s largest plants for krypton, xenon production to developing the world's largest low-carbon hydrogen facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new method that can easily purify contaminated water using a cellulose-based material. This discovery could have implications for countries with poor water treatment technologies and combat the widespread problem of toxic dye discharge from the textile industry.

Chemical company Solvay plans to split into two independent, listed companies in the second half of 2023: Specialty Co is to operate as a pure specialty chemicals company with accelerated growth potential; Essential Co is to focus primarily on sustainable solutions as a supplier of basic chemicals.

Under the collaboration between Trakcel and Lonza, both the parties have successfully combined Trakcel’s cell orchestration platform Ocellos and Lonza’s manufacturing Moda-Es(R) platform. This means that critical manufacturing steps, checks and data will flow directly into the Chain of Custody and Chain of Identity within the cell and gene therapy supply chain.

In January 2023, Vega, manufacturer of level, switching and pressure instrumentation, delivered what it claims is the world's first level sensor with integrated cyber security. With this, it wants to send a strong signal against the increasing threat from cyber criminals, also throughout the industry.

Solvay has plans to decarbonize its Aroma Performance plant in Saint-Fons, France with an aim to make the site carbon neutral by 2026. For this purpose, the project will incorporate a new biomass boiler and source renewable electricity from a solar facility.

Evonik recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of a large-scale lipids production facility in Lafayette, Indiana, USA. The new unit aims to offer critical excipients for the development of mRNA vaccines and other nucleic acid therapies.