Vinnolit has plans to introduce a base chemical with reduced CO2 footprint in 2021. The green caustic soda will assist industry players to reduce their own carbon footprint and develop more climate-friendly products.

The integrated, international oil, gas and chemicals company, OMV, and Kommunalkredit Austria have announced a joint investment in the construction of Austria’s largest electrolysis plant on the premises of Schwechat Refinery.

Uniper and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have commenced a feasibility study regarding the construction of a green hydrogen plant at Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Once the study is complete, the partners are expected to develop a 100 MW plant which will later be expanded to 500 MW.

Under the terms of the agreement, Linde will build, own and operate the new liquid hydrogen infrastructure in South Korea. This also includes the construction of a liquid hydrogen facility which will have a capacity of over 30 tons per day.

A team of researchers led by scientists from the Interface Science Department of the Fritz-Haber-Institute have found out that the important industrial process of methanol production can be positively influenced if the copper catalyst used in the reaction comes into contact with zinc oxide.

On January 28, OCI held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new plant of P&O Chemical, a joint venture with Posco Chemical at the National Industrial Complex in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do, Korea.

A new hydrogen development and testing facility is to leverage and expand Ricardo's capabilities in building solutions to support zero-emission mobility. It will also become part of a global center of excellence for hydrogen, renewable fuels and electrified transportation technology.

Mc Dermott’s CB&I Storage Solutions business has bagged the contract from New Jersey Natural Gas for a power-to-gas facility in Howell, New Jersey, USA. The new unit will produce green hydrogen from solar energy and will feed it into a natural gas distribution network for diverse applications.

Via the ‘MOL Group 2030+’, the company has updated its strategy for 2030 which now includes a new sustainability strategy aiming to complement the firm’s long-term vision and ambitions beyond 2030.

A Sino-German research team has found a new synthetic pathway to produce biofuel from biomass. Compared to previous methods, they achieved higher yield and selectivity under milder reaction conditions.