Tianjin, China's fourth largest city relies more and more on the petrochemical industry for its economic development. The city government and Sinopec, China's largest state-owned chemical company have signed a new framework agreement according to which an additional 70 billion yuan (around 10.3 billion dollars) will be invested in key projects in Tianjin.

A consortium comprising Johnson Matthey, Bekaert and TNO aims to improve green hydrogen production by optimizing the most important components of the electrolyzer. The move is expected to support the development of next-generation electrolyzers which will lead to lower electricity consumption and assist in cheaper hydrogen production.

The Bacton Energy Hub project led by the UK North Sea Transition Authority is exploring the potential for a hydrogen-led energy hub in Bacton, Norfolk, UK. With this move, the project aims to offer a sustainable hydrogen supply.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2022’ from all over the world. Right from Southeast Asia’s first green e-methanol plant to the world’s largest green hydrogen hub in the USA, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Black & Veatch has secured a contract by Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum Development to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for a first-of-its kind advanced clean energy storage project in Delta, Utah, USA. The new green hydrogen hub is expected to convert 220+ MW of renewable energy daily to 100 metric tons of green hydrogen which will be stored in two salt caverns.

Sasol ecoft and Uniper have plans to build a large-scale sustainable aviation fuel production facility in Långsele, Sollefteå under the joint venture ‘Sky Fuel H2’. With this project, the companies aim to produce sustainable aviation fuel by making use of green hydrogen and carbon from biomass.

Nel will be launched the world’s first fully automated electrolyzer production facility at Herøya, Norway. With a current production capacity of 500 MW which can be further increased to 2 GW, the plant is a vital project for the company which aims to achieve 100 % green renewable hydrogen consumption for the world’s industrial and mobility sectors.

Air Products has plans to construct a 10 metric ton per day facility to produce green liquid hydrogen in Casa Grande, Arizona. The produced hydrogen will then be supplied to the mobility market in California as well as other places that require zero-carbon hydrogen.

Stablising climate change is more important than ever and oil & gas companies are up for the challenge. Innovative processes and efficient technologies capable of decarbonising industrial processes and delivering net-zero emissions are being used by the industry to reduce their carbon footprint.

Oil and gas company BP announced that it intends to invest up to $ 22.5 billion in the UK’s energy system by the end of 2030. The group wants to continue investing in North Sea oil and gas, while driving down operational emissions. BP is also in action on a range of lower carbon energy investments in the UK.