There have been many incidents around the world where a fire or an explosion has occurred at an industrial plant, leading to loss of money, productivity and even life. To curb such accidents from happening again, industry players opt for solutions that are explosion-proof or flameproof as it significantly reduces and even eliminates the likelihood of a dangerous catastrophe.

New Energy Risk (NER) has been chosen by Topsoe as its insurance partner for its SOEC (solid oxide electrolyzer cells) hydrogen electrolyzer products. With this, the company aims to de-risk the development of SOEC as well as the customers’ green hydrogen and Power-to-X projects.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of February 2025’ from all over the world. Right from Repsol investing 800+ million euros for a renewable methanol project in Europe to Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s CCU technology being selected for ammonia, urea plants in Egypt, find out all the projects making headlines here.

The “Best CO2 Utilisation 2025” innovation award was presented at the international CCU conference in Cologne. Three technologies were honored for converting CO2 into high-quality products such as graphite, polyurethanes, and methanol, thereby making a decisive contribution to industrial decarbonization.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has successfully produced 99 % pure hydrogen at its ammonia cracking pilot plant using steam as the heating source. Compared to conventional technologies that utilize heat from burner combustion, MHI's steam heating system operates at lower reaction temperatures, thus reducing operating costs.

Southwire has selected Plug Power to implement a clean hydrogen ecosystem at its new distribution site in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Under the terms of the agreement, Plug will supply more than 50 hydrogen-powered forklifts, equipped with Gendrive fuel cells, and a fueling station featuring four Genfuel dispensers.

Catagen has recently launched the next-generation hydrogen compression technology –the Climahtech Compressor at Gastech 2025 in Milan, Italy. Catagen Group Chair Dr. Andrew Woods introduced the technology at the event.

Johnson Matthey has recently launched its first hydrogen internal combustion engine facility in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company aims to test cutting-edge emission control systems at the unit.

Air Liquide has started-up the world’s first industrial-scale ammonia cracking pilot unit with a 30 tons per day ammonia to hydrogen conversion capacity at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, thus paving the way for new low-carbon supply chains.

OMV Petrom has begun construction work for developing a sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel (HVO) production unit at the Petrobrazi refinery in Brazi, Romania. On completion, the project is expected to have an annual capacity of 250,000 tons.