Johnson Matthey’s technologies have been chosen by Phelan Green Hydrogen for its electro-sustainable aviation fuel facility in Western Cape, South Africa. On completion, the project is expected to be one of the world’s first commercial-scale E-SAF production facilities.

Under an agreement with First Ammonia, Topsoe will provide its ammonia synthesis technology for the company’s green ammonia production facility in Victoria, Texas, USA. Commercial operations of the project is expected to begin in 2029.

Carbon Recycling International has delivered the world’s largest e-methanol reactor for the Liaoyuan E-Methanol Project in Jilin Province, China. The first phase of this project has a production capacity of approximately 170,000 tonnes of renewable methanol annually from green hydrogen and captured biogenic carbon dioxide.

Located in Marl, Germany, Evonik’s new plant has begun production of a high-performance membrane which plays a crucial role in the production of more cost-efficient green hydrogen. The unit has the capacity to produce membranes for an electrolysis capacity of up to 2.5 gigawatts per year.

With an annual capacity of 200 kilotons, the new plant which is operated by Fuhua and licensed by Evonik is one of the largest in the region for industrial-grade hydrogen peroxide.

Sunfire recently broke ground for a new green hydrogen test facility at BASF’s Industrial Park Lausitz site in Schwarzheide, Germany. With this project, Sunfire aims to validate its latest and most powerful SOEC product generation in an industrial environment.

With an aim to improve its competitiveness, Hyundai E&C has plans to secure core technologies for next-generation hydrogen production via water electrolysis.

Alesya Deyanova, Show Manager of Achema Middle East at Messe Frankfurt Middle East shares her insights on the upcoming inaugural edition of Achema Middle East which is scheduled to take place from October 11 – 13, 2027 at the Riyadh Front Exhibition & Conference Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Expected to welcome more than 300 exhibitors, 12,000 visitors and 180 speakers, the three-day event will focus on process equipment, automation and laboratory technology, pharma, biotech, hydrogen, clean energy and plant engineering.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of September 2026’ from all over the world. Right from Europe’s largest carbon capture facility being inaugurated in the Netherlands to Emirates Biotech and the UAEU developing UAE’s first organic-waste valorization pilot plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Desalination has long come at a high cost in energy and money. For Saudi Arabia, which depends on it for drinking water and industry alike, the priority is now shifting from more capacity to cleaner and more efficient capacity.