Johnson Matthey (JM) has been selected to provide its methanol technology to the Haru Oni project, the world’s maiden methanol unit in Patagonia, Chile. The pilot phase of the project is expected to produce around 900,000 liters per year of e-methanol as early as 2022.

Merck’s Life Science business has signed a 12-year renewable energy contract with Enel Green Power to build a wind and storage project in Texas, USA. The project – Azure Sky wind and storage project is claimed to be one of the largest aggregation deals in the world.

BASF produces two types of styrene with a mass balance approach – renewable feedstock based-styrene and styrene based on chemically recycled feedstock. Trinseo has secured the first supplies of styrene based on the two different kinds of circular feedstock and will use it to produce styrene butadiene rubber and polystyrene products.

Tidewater has chosen Topsoe’s Hydroflex and H2bridge technologies for its new renewable diesel facility in Canada which is expected to produce 3,000 barrels per day. Once completed, the project will be the country’s first commercial-scale stand-alone renewable diesel plant.

Creacycle, EPC Engineering & Technologies and Lömi have developed a position paper which is a critical assessment on the topic ‘Material Recycling in a Circular Economy for Plastics’. Together, the companies propose an EU directive specifically for plastic waste.

The German Machinery and Plant Manufacturers Association (VDMA) has recently revealed that new orders booked by members of the VDMA Large Industrial Plant Manufacturers´ Group (AGAB) in 2020 were 35 % below the previous year’s level however, industry players are optimistic that there will be an upswing in 2021.

According to a report by market research and consulting firm Future Market Insights, the global construction chemicals market is expected to increase at over 5 % CAGR in 2021. It further adds that the demand for construction chemicals will be dominant in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan.

Under a MOU signed between Saipem and Alboran Hydrogen, both the companies will work together to construct five plants which will produce green hydrogen. Three of the units will be located in Italy while the other two in the Mediterranean basin.

Pepperl+Fuchs has now reinforced its position as a supplier of Ex-equipment with the introduction of the SR series. The new stainless steel enclosure series joins the GR series, made of glass fiber-reinforced plastic, in the range of the process automation specialist.

With an investment of 5.4 billion dollars, Enegix Energy has launched the Base One green hydrogen project in collaboration with the State Government of Ceará, Brazil. The mega plant is expected to produce over 600 million kg of green hydrogen annually.