The European Union relies heavily on natural gas imports from Russia and the recent invasion of Ukraine by the Putin Government has changed the dynamics of the global energy market. In this background, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has listed out a 10-point plan on how Europe can significantly cut natural gas imports from Russia within a year.

The Pyrochem Project aims to process 1 million tons of waste plastic into feedstock for the chemical industry from 2030 onwards. With this project, the project partners intend to reduce 1.7 million tons of CO2-eq annually and save 550 kilotons of petroleum.

Repsol has already begun construction work for developing the first advanced biofuels plant in Spain. The company will be investing 221 million dollars in this project which is expected to supply 250,000 tons per year of advanced biofuels.

3D printed medicines are slowly becoming popular due to its many advantages not only for the end consumer but also for pharmaceutical companies. Numerous firms are also exploring the additive manufacturing technology to reduce costs as well as create on-demand drugs.

Singapore's National Water Agency has awarded Jacobs with an engineering services contract to develop new greasy waste and food waste treatment facilities in order to boost waste treatment as well as maximize energy and resource recovery at the Changi water reclamation plant in Singapore.

Under a collaboration agreement signed between Plug Power, Atlas Copco and Fives, new hydrogen liquefaction plants will be developed in the USA which will also make use of the cryogenic process technology to reduce the cost of liquified hydrogen by 25 %.

Holiferm has secured funding from Sasol Chemicals to carry out R&D for sustainable solutions in primary surfactants. Under the terms of the agreement, Sasol Chemicals will also buy majority of the sophorolipids produced at Holiferm’s new manufacturing plant in the UK with an aim to assist in the commercialization of sophorolipids.

In a recent report by Vertex Hydrogen, the company has provided the details of developing the low carbon hydrogen production project in the UK. Under the project, natural gas, refinery fuel gas will be converted into low carbon hydrogen and carbon dioxide will be captured and permanently stored under the sea bed.

Under the terms of the contact, Petrofac will complete Phase 1 of the decommissioning of the Northern Endeavour FPSO facility which will include decommissioning and disconnection of the FPSO from its subsea equipment, and temporarily suspending the wells.

What do operators of the technology-focused process industry expect from a pump manufacturer? Well, they certainly expect in-depth application knowledge relating to all aspects of central production processes. Industry-specific know-how is and always has been an important driving force behind innovation at Grundfos. Today, other topics like resource efficiency and sustainability are gaining hugely in importance.