Hyflexfuel is an EU funded research project which has produced biocrude from various biomasses. The Aarhus University utilized the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process at its pilot plant in Denmark to produce the biocrude.

BASF and RWE have signed a letter of intent which focuses on a climate-neutral chemical industry and CO2-free hydrogen. Together, they have come up with a project idea which includes the construction of an offshore wind farm with a capacity of 2 GW to produce green electricity and supply it to BASF’s Ludwigshafen chemical site in Germany for hydrogen production.

The Hysynergy Phase II development comprises a 300 MW electrolyzer and Power-to-X facility which will be established next to the Fredericia refinery in Denmark. The project aims to scale up the production of green hydrogen so that it can be used for zero-emission hydrogen mobility as well as green feedstock to various fuel refining processes.

Under a MOU signed between Yara and Trafigura, both the companies will work together to develop and promote the use of ammonia as a clean fuel for the shipping industry. They also intend to collaborate on clean ammonia fuel infrastructure and market opportunities.

Siemens Energy, along with DEWA and Expo 2020 Dubai, has unveiled the first industrial scale, green hydrogen facility in the Middle East and North Africa. Established at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, the pilot plant will produce around 20.5kg/hr of hydrogen at 1.25MWe of peak power.

The groundbreaking ceremony of Ørsted's first renewable hydrogen project – H2RES was spearheaded by Dan Jørgensen, the Danish minister for Climate, Energy & Utilities. The project is expected to produce up to around 1,000 kg of renewable hydrogen per day which will be used to fuel zero-emission road transport in the Greater Copenhagen area and in Zealand.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the top 5 plant engineering projects of last week from all over the world. Right from constructing one of the largest electrolyzer plants in the world to building a world-scale blue ammonia facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction will provide Cryocap FG, a unique solvent free technology solution to Zeeland Refinery in order to capture more than 90 % of emissions at its Vlissingen site in the Netherlands.

By 2040, 213.5 gigawatts of electrolyser capacity is earmarked worldwide, 1000 times as much as the 0.2 gigawatts currently in operation. Germany remains the most attractive market for investments in low-emission hydrogen, but there are also ambitious new plans and strategies in Italy, Poland and the UK, a study by Aurora Energy Research reveals.

With the help of special bacteria and an innovative process concept, BASF and Lanzatech have been able to produce n-octanol at laboratory scale from carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The combination of Lanzatech’s gas fermentation technology into BASF’s Verbund will help the firms to move into the direction of a carbon-neutral circular economy.