Enexor BioEnergy has been chosen by Plug and Play to join its Energy and Sustainability Accelerator which aims at reducing carbon emissions. Under this new role, Enexor BioEnergy will use its Bio-CHP system, which converts organic, plastic or biomass waste into renewable power and thermal energy, to launch renewable energy pilots across Asia.

The new project is part of Ineos’ recent 2 billion dollar plus green hydrogen investment announcement in Europe. Under the new project, Ineos’ subsidiary Inovyn will develop a 100 MW electrolyzer at its Koln site in Germany in order to produce green hydrogen which will be used to manufacture green ammonia. The project will also develop E-Fuels through Power-to-Methanol applications at an industrial scale at the site.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of October 2021’ from all over the world. Right from the Rotating Olefins Cracker technology advancing the energy transition of olefin production to Ineos investing more than 2 billion dollars on green hydrogen projects in Europe, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Under its updated ESG strategy for 2025, Sibur intends to make at least one of its facility carbon-neutral by 2025. It also plans to facilitate recycling of at least 100 kt of polymer waste every year as part of its own investment projects and joint projects with partners.

SAS, Vattenfall, Shell and LanzaTech have teamed up to explore the production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel also known as electrofuel on a large scale in Sweden. The synthetic SAF will be produced from fossil free electricity and recovered carbon dioxide by making use of the LanzaJet ‘Alcohol to Jet’ technology.

Honeywell has partnered with ZoneFlow Reactor Technologies to commercialize the ZoneFlow Reactor Technology, an innovative structured catalyst module used for the production of hydrogen. Claimed to be a revolutionary technology for steam methane reforming, it is capable of producing low-carbon hydrogen more efficiently and is also cost effective.

The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has requested to hold talks with the European Commission to jointly develop a ‘EU Chemical Industry Transition Pathway’ to assist the industry to transform into a cleaner and more sustainable one. The move has been undertaken in the background of Cefic’s recent study on the business impacts of the Commission’s ‘EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability’ policy.

TrinamiX has introduced its new and affordable, easy-to-use transmission solution which is capable of providing immediate insights into the molecular composition of liquids. The solution does not require Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIR) expertise and can be used across various industries. With this, the company is set to revolutionize the manner in which NIR spectroscopy of liquids will be performed in the future.

With an expected capacity of 1 billion lbs. per year, the new C3 splitter unit will be built in Baytown, Texas, USA. The unit will help convert a refinery grade mixture of propylene and propane into a high purity propylene product.

Under a MOU signed between Siemens and LGES, both the companies will work together to enhance digitized production processes in the field of battery manufacturing. Through this collaboration, they will also promote the process of battery manufacturing intelligence at LGES production facilities across the globe.