Repsol has already begun construction work for developing the first advanced biofuels plant in Spain. The company will be investing 221 million dollars in this project which is expected to supply 250,000 tons per year of advanced biofuels.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of February 2022’ from all over the world. Right from China’s first megaton CCUS project to developing Europe’s first lithium refinery, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Shell has begun operations of a 20 MW hydrogen electrolyzer in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China. The electrolyzer will produce green hydrogen which will be supplied to fuel cell vehicles for the upcoming Olympic Games. Post the games, hydrogen will be supplied to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region’s public and commercial transport which will help to decarbonize its mobility sector.

Under the terms of the new expanded contract, Linde will supply carbon dioxide captured in its carbon monoxide production facility in Clear Lake, Texas, USA to Celanese’s manufacturing facility in the same area. Celanese will make use of this carbon dioxide and hydrogen to produce low-carbon methanol.

With this investment, Cemex plans to increase its hydrogen injection capacity across its cement operations while reducing the consumption of fossil fuels leading to the decarbonization of its processes. Hiiroc has introduced a technology that makes use of thermal plasma electrolysis to convert biomethane, flare gas, or natural gas into clean hydrogen at a lower cost than other existing solutions.

Perstorp has submitted a 107-million-dollar application to the EU Innovation Fund for Project Air which comprises the development of a sustainable methanol production facility in Stenungssund, Sweden. The project has the potential to reduce global CO2 emissions by 400,000 tons.

Under the terms of the agreement, L&T and HydrogenPro will set up a joint venture in India to carry out gigawatt-scale production of alkaline water electrolyzers based on HydrogenPro’s technology for the Indian market and other global markets. The move is in line with the country’s aim to become one of the world’s largest green hydrogen hubs.

Yara has signed a contract with Linde Engineering for the construction and delivery of a green hydrogen demonstration plant at Yara’s ammonia production facility at Herøya Industripark in Porsgrunn, Norway.

Ineos has plans to develop a world scale carbon capture enabled hydrogen production plant in Grangemouth, Scotland. For this, the company is inviting bids from leading engineering design contractors for the design of the mega project. The produced low carbon hydrogen will be used to replace hydrocarbon fuels used at the Grangemouth site which will help to power its processes and manufacture important materials.

The Shyne (Spanish Hydrogen Network) project, the largest renewable hydrogen consortium in Spain, made up of 33 entities from different sectors, was presented on January 19, 2022 at Campus Repsol, the headquarters of the multi-energy company. It brings together 22 companies and 11 associations, technology centers, and universities under the leadership of Repsol with the aim of promoting renewable hydrogen projects in all areas of the Spanish economy and, thus, stimulating rapid and effective decarbonization through this energy vector that is considered one of the keys to the energy transition.