PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2021’ from all over the world. Right from constructing the largest advanced plastics recycling unit in the world to launching an innovative EPS recycling plant in Europe, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Under a MOU signed between Chevron and Cummins, both the companies will explore a strategic alliance to develop commercially viable business opportunities in hydrogen and other alternative energy sources.

Plug Power plans to invest 84 million dollars for establishing a green hydrogen production unit in Camden County, Georgia, USA. The project aims to develop the first North American green hydrogen supply network which will extend across the entire East Coast of the U.S.

Pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals group Bayer is setting aside billions more for the already expensive glyphosate litigation in the United States.

Under the 12 million dollar ‘Sustainable Catalysis for Clean Growth’ project, BP, Johnson Matthey along with the Cardiff University and The University of Manchester have collaborated to explore new catalyst technology for a net zero future. The partnership aims to convert CO2, waste and sustainable biomass into clean and sustainable fuels and products.

Electronics manufacturing is in the throes of a quiet transformation built around specialty 3D printers and advanced materials working together to create fully functional electronic parts.

The French energy group Total Energies and the engineering company Technip signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement to jointly develop low-carbon solutions for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and offshore facilities to accelerate the energy transition.

GEA has been awarded an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract by the biotechnology company Aker BioMarine to establish the world’s first pilot plant for hydrolyzing krill protein. The facility is expected to be operational by 2022.

With an investment of 1.9 million dollars, Arcelor Mittal and Sekisui Chemical have collaborated for a project which will focus on capturing and re-using carbon waste gases from the steelmaking process. Sekisui Chemical’s new technology that converts CO2 to carbon monoxide will also be tested at Arcelor Mittal’s laboratory in Spain.

There is currently a lot of interest in renewable and green chemistry, bio-based chemistry, CO2 Capture and Utilisation and chemical recycling. Refineries and verbund sites of large-scale chemicals are under considerable pressure; the biofuel industry is looking for new markets in chemistry and start-ups are looking for investors.