PTTGC America (GCA) and the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio have entered into a MOU to develop and operate a new recycling complex in Swaco’s green economy business park in Ohio, USA. The complex, which includes the construction of a new plant, is expected to manufacture recycled polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate into products.

Air Liquide and Siemens have formed a joint venture (JV) to produce large-scale renewable hydrogen electrolyzers in Europe. In the new JV, Air Liquide will hold a 25.1 % stake while the remaining stake of 74.9 % will be held by Siemens Energy.

Plug Power will be delivering a 1 GW electrolyzer to H2 Energy Europe for a green hydrogen production complex in Denmark which is expected to produce up to 100,000 metric tons of green hydrogen annually to power the region’s transportation sector.

Tata Chemicals Europe has launched the first industrial scale carbon capture and usage plant in the UK. The plant is expected to capture 40,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually. Also, CO2 captured from energy generation emissions is being purified to food and pharmaceutical grade which will then be used as a raw material to produce sodium bicarbonate.

The new facility is expected to initially convert up to one million tons of municipal solid waste annually, later it can be expanded up to four million tons of waste, to produce 67,000 tons of green hydrogen and one million tons of CO₂.

The European Commission has organized a two-day event wherein 30 plus start-ups funded by the European Innovation Council will share their innovative solutions with 13 of the leading chemical companies and associations in the region with an aim to contribute to the European Green Deal.

KBR and Terrestrial Energy will jointly investigate the application of zero-emission thermal energy for hydrogen and ammonia production by analyzing the use of Terrestrial Energy’s Integral Molten Salt Reactor (IMSR) nuclear cogeneration technology.

Engineering company ECI Group has signed two license agreements for Process Technology and Engineering Design with a confidential client in China. The plants will be part of the client’s refining and petrochemical integrated project, a mega complex to be located in the Province of Jiangsu.

Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Industrial Gases, a subsidiary of Air Liquide, will invest more than 204 million dollars to build two hydrogen production units and related infrastructure in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park.

BP has entered into strategic partnerships with Adnoc and Masdar for its blue hydrogen project, H2Teesside as well as its green hydrogen project, Hygreen Teesside respectively in the UK. Under the contracts, the Gulf firms will acquire stake in both the projects with an aim to develop low carbon hydrogen hubs in the country.