Jindan has entered into an agreement with Sulzer under which the company will utilize Sulzer’s licensed PLA technology at its new manufacturing plant to produce up to 75’000 tonnes of polylactic acid annually.

Evonik has plans to expand its production capacity of Metamino (DL-methionine) on Jurong Island, Singapore, by 40,000 metric tons to around 340,000 metric tons annually. For this, the project will require technological development which will help in process optimization, thus, improving the carbon footprint of Metamino produced in Singapore by six percent.

Arcadia efuels has awarded a feed contract to Technip Energies for developing the world’s first commercial efuels facility in Denmark. The new plant will produce sustainable aviation fuels from renewable electricity and captured carbon dioxide.

Indorama Ventures and Carbios have plans to establish a joint venture under which it will build a first-of-its-kind PET biorecycling plant in France. The new project is expected to cost around 230 million euros.

Adnoc has entered into a MOU with thyssenkrupp Uhde for exploring the development of commercial-scale ammonia cracking projects. The deal also aims to ship clean ammonia from the UAE to large-scale ammonia cracking facilities across the globe.

Under an agreement between Cinea, Perstorp, and Uniper, ‘Project Air’ has been granted the hefty amount with an aim to decarbonize the European chemical industry. The CCU project will convert CO2, residue streams, renewable hydrogen and biomethane which will then be used for large-scale production of sustainable methanol.

The UAE and France have plans to launch a bilateral program under which both the firms will combine their expertise to develop opportunities in order to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries including clean hydrogen solutions for mobility. The program will be launched in the background of the Cop28 climate change conference which will be held in Dubai this year.

Under a long-term agreement, Linde will supply clean hydrogen and nitrogen to OCI’s 1.1 million ton per annum blue ammonia plant. Located in the U.S. Gulf Coast, the project is claimed to be the first greenfield blue ammonia facility of this scale to come onstream in the U.S.

Technip Energies has bagged the Feed contract from Exxonmobil to develop the mega project which is expected to produce one billion cubic feet of low-carbon hydrogen per day. Also, more than 98 % of the associated CO2 produced by the facility is expected to be captured and permanently stored.

Enel Green Power has entered into two power purchase agreements with Air Liquide and Sasol for the supply of 220 MW of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda site in South Africa. The move is expected to decarbonize the Secunda site.