The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action has approved funding to BASF for developing the world’s largest industrial heat pump for CO2-free steam generation at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. The heat pump is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 98 % at the site.

Honeywell has plans to spin off its Advanced Materials business into an independent, U.S. publicly traded company by the end of 2025 or early 2026. The move will enable Honeywell to progress its strategic priorities of accelerating organic growth and optimizing its portfolio.

Generative AI more commonly known as Gen AI is a trending concept but how can this revolutionary technology prove beneficial for plant engineering and operations? Ahlam Rais connects with technology leaders to find out all the details about this next-gen technology and its impact on industrial plants.

Researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (Cabbi) have achieved a significant breakthrough that could lead to better — and greener — agricultural chemicals and everyday products.

Hydrogen will be produced by electrolyzers at the pilot plant which is situated in Loviisa, Finland. The total R&D cost of the pilot project is around 17 million euros and is scheduled to be commissioned in late 2025.

The first Lummus Advanced Waste Plastic Recycling plant will be located at Tiszaújváro, Hungary and is expected to have a processing capacity of 40,000 tons of mixed waste plastics per annum. The unit will also produce circular petrochemical building blocks which will be processed by MOL in their petrochemical facility.

With growing product demand in biogas and hydrogen recovery applications as well as customer needs for the use of nitrogen for the aerospace industry and cleaner fuels for the marine industry, Air Products Membrane Solutions held a groundbreaking event for expanding its Missouri Manufacturing and Logistics Center in Missouri.

Under an agreement signed between Mc Dermott and a consortium of financial investors led by Mason Capital Management, Mc Dermott will sell its CB&I storage business for 475 million dollars.

Claimed to be the most efficient ammonia cracker to produce fuel cell-grade hydrogen, the cracker makes use of the membrane reactor technology. The fuel cell-grade hydrogen produced at the unit will be used for the Ammogen Project.

The consortium including Petronas, Enilive and Euglena have reached a final investment decision to develop a biorefinery within Petronas’ Pengerang Integrated Complex in Johor, Malaysia. Together, the three firms intend to establish a joint venture company to construct and operate the biorefinery.