With an aim to carry out sustainable operations, many industries are now increasingly making use of recycled or treated water which are sourced from wastewater treatment plants instead of using limited fresh water resources. New areas of interest such as green hydrogen production is also following the same route. Smart technologies are also being explored to optimize water usage, minimize wastage and even tap innovative ways to obtain water for industrial operations.

Equate Petrochemical Company made use of Clariant’s Olemax 260 catalyst for its world-scale steam cracker in Kuwait a year back. The catalyst has now delivered strong performance for the Middle East company.

AM Green’s green ammonia plant has become the first Indian project to secure the prestigious Certifhy EU Pre-Certification. Situated in Kakinada, India, the project is expected to increase its production capacity from one to five million tons per annum of green ammonia by 2030.

OMV Petrom has plans to make the hefty investment at its Petrobrazi refinery in Romania with an aim to become the first major producer of sustainable fuels in Southeast Europe.

Honeywell will be acquiring Air Products' liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment business for 1.81 billion dollars. The move is expected to expand the firm’s energy transition solutions and services.

The hydrogen ramp-up is just beginning and Dechema is right in the middle of the projects. Hardly any other organization has so much concentrated know-how. PROCESS Worldwide spoke to Dechema Managing Director Andreas Förster and Head of Energy and Climate Florian Ausfelder about the current status of the discussions.

Arcelormittal and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have partnered with climate tech company D-CRBN to trial a new technology which has the capability to convert captured CO2 into carbon monoxide. This can be further used in steel and chemical production.

Pfeiffer Vacuum introduced vacuum and leak detection solutions for the hydrogen and fuel cell sector at this year’s Hannover Messe event which was held in Germany.

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.

Siemens Energy’s PEM electrolysis technology has been selected by Cepsa for producing green hydrogen at its La Rábida Energy Park in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva), southern Spain. The project is part of Cepsa’s wider plans of developing 2 GW of capacity by 2030, one of the largest projects of its kind in Europe.