Saudi Aramco and Sabic AN have been awarded the world’s first TÜV certificate of accreditation for blue hydrogen, ammonia products. This move marks a significant milestone in the development of ‘blue’ hydrogen and ammonia businesses.

A consortium of six companies comprising Bechtel, GE, GM, Honeywell, Invenergy and Johnson Controls have launched a cross-sector business alliance – Corporate Coalition for Innovation & Technology toward Net Zero with an aim to assist countries meet their decarbonization and climate change goals.

Worley has secured a project management services contract for Vertex Hydrogen’s low-carbon hydrogen plant at Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, UK. The scope of work incudes the inside battery limit of the plant, as well as outside battery limit works. It will support in creating the infrastructure needed to connect to feedstocks, products, and modifications within the refinery.

Graforce’s methane electrolysis technology (plasmalysis) makes use of LNG or LPG to produce clean-burning hydrogen and solid, high-purity carbon. The innovative technology is expected to help the EU meet its decarbonization targets.

Raven SR’s maiden waste-to-hydrogen facility will use Innio’s Jenbacher ‘Ready forH2’ engines to power the plant located at a sanitary landfill in California, USA with 100 % renewable energy.

Mc Dermott has secured a Pre-Feed contract from Woodside Energy for the H2Perth project in Western Australia. Under the terms of the contract, the company will provide the services for a large-scale production facility for renewable and lower-carbon hydrogen and ammonia.

No gas and still little hope: Chlorine manufacturing is under enormous pressure caused by skyrocketing energy costs. Production in Europe is declining and local competitiveness is at risk, says industry association Euro Chlor. Old-world chlorine is mostly produced as part of integrated chemical value chains. But for how much longer?

Adnoc has partnered with Siemens Energy to co-develop blockchain-based low-CO2 energy certificates. This solution will help to certify the carbon intensity of a range of products from Adnoc including Murban crude, ammonia, and aviation fuels.

Cypress Development is conducting a feasibility study for the Clayton Valley Lithium Project in Nevada, USA. In this background, thyssenkrupp nucera has been selected to carry out the designing and engineering for a chlor-alkali plant which will help the project to self-generate two key reagents for processing lithium-bearing claystone in order to produce lithium carbonate products.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of July 2022’ from all over the world. Right from Lonza developing a large-scale fill & finish facility for commercial drug products to Shell building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.