Solvay and Veolia have partnered together to develop an industrial energy transition project called ‘Dombasle Énergie’ in France. The project aims to replace coal with refuse-derived fuel (RDF) for the production of clean energy which will be supplied to Solvay’s soda ash plant in France. The project will help to reduce the site’s CO2 emissions by 50 %.

Evonik has plans to construct a new methyl mercaptan plant at its Mobile site in Alabama, USA. With this move, the company aims to strengthen its world-scale methionine production hub in the country.

With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the British multinational oil and gas major BP has plans to quit its 20 % share in Russia’s state-owned company Rosneft. BP chief executive officer Bernard Looney as well as former BP group chief executive Bob Dudley have also resigned from the board of Rosneft with immediate effect.

Denka has partnered with Toyo to build a chemical recycling plant in Chiba, Japan which will process approximately 3,000 tons of used polystyrene to produce styrene monomers which will be used for the production of high-quality polystyrene resins.

Kaneka has plans to invest 130 million dollars to expand the production capacity of its biodegradable biopolymers at its Kaneka Takasago manufacturing site in Japan. With this move, the company plans to achieve a total production capacity of 20,000 tons every year at the site.

Yara is all set to produce green ammonia at its Herøya plant in Norway by making use of hydrogen based on renewable energy. The plant is expected to produce enough hydrogen to produce 20,500 tons of ammonia annually thus, making it one of the world’s largest projects producing green ammonia.

RWE has preselected Linde as the technical provider for two 100 MW PEM electrolyzers of the large-scale ‘GET H2’ project in Lingen, Germany. The 200 MW plant is part of a mega 300 MW electrolyzer plant which is expected to produce green hydrogen if it secures the funding from the German Government.

The global plastic recycling market stood at 162.5 million tons in 2020 and is forecast to reach 263.08 million tons by 2030, growing at a healthy CAGR of 4.49 % until 2030, according to a report by Research and Markets. Chemical recycling is definitely one of the most popular processes in recent times which will aid the plastic recycling industry to transform into a greener and more sustainable circular economy. In this background, PROCESS Worldwide shares with you the top 5 chemical recycling solutions which have been in the news this year.

The sodium-ion battery technology is claimed to be safe, sustainable, provides high energy density, is a low-cost energy storage technology solution and is significantly cost competitive as compared to other battery technologies. Reliance will make use of the technology at its fully integrated energy storage giga-factory which is a part of the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex project at Jamnagar, India. The acquisition will also assist India to become one of the leading countries in battery technologies.

Under the terms of the partnership, Matrìca will supply bio-based raw materials from vegetable oils from its Porto Torres plant in Sardinia, Italy to Lanxess in order to manufacture a new generation of industrial preservatives.