The chemical recycling demo plant will be based on OMV’s proprietary ReOil technology and will be built at the Schwechat refinery in Austria. The demo plant with a design capacity of 16,000 t/year will help to scale up the ReOil technology which helps to convert plastics into synthetic feedstock for the petrochemical industry.

Orlen Południe has started up the green propylene glycol production unit at its biorefinery complex in Trzebinia, Poland. The unit has a capacity of 30,000 tons a year and the complex will also include Poland’s first hydrogen hub.

With a power capacity of 61 MW and a total storage capacity of 61 MWh, the largest battery-based energy storage facility in France has been commissioned by TotalEnergies. The project supports the need for grid stabilization in the country and will enable the production of renewable energy by integrating green electricity into the grid.

Clariant’s flame retardants facility which is also its first Chinese production plant will be developed at Daya Bay, Huizhou in the Guangdong Province. The move is in line with the firm’s aim of expanding its Exolit OP range of flame retardants in the Asia region and also to meet the growing demand across the electrical and electronic equipment industries in China.

Euro Chlor, the association of chloralkali plant operators in Europe, has launched its latest 10-year Sustainability Program which comprises of nine new Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). These KPIs focus on developing a climate neutral and circular European chlor-alkali industry by 2050.

With an aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its facilities and prepare for a lower-carbon future, ExxonMobil will be investing the hefty amount over the next six years in its sustainable and green initiatives. The company will also work towards developing technologies which can be used in carbon capture and storage, hydrogen and biofuels production.

Clariant completed the sale of its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group (“Heubach”) and SK Capital Partners (“SK Capital”). As announced upon signing of the transaction, the base enterprise value of the sale amounts to CHF 805 million subject to closing accounts adjustments and before a potential earn-out payment of CHF 50 million which is subject to the business’ 2021 financial performance.

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Hyosung has chosen Innio’s ‘Ready for Hydrogen’ engine technology for the first 100 % hydrogen pilot power plant in the APAC region. To be built at the Hyosung Chemical Yongyeon plant in Ulsan, South Korea, the plant will run on hydrogen which is produced as a byproduct at the facility. The demonstration of the project will be completed by the end of 2022 and will achieve commercial operation in 3Q 2022.

Arkema has plans to double its Sartomer photocure resins capacity at its Nansha plant in China owing to the rising demand in Asia for innovative solutions in electronics and renewable energies.