Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management contract by PVC manufacturer Kem One for developing a green chlor-alkali electrolysis plant at Fos-Sur-Mer in France. The new plant will replace the company’s existing diaphragm electrolysis plant to produce chlorine, caustic soda and hydrogen.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of January 2022’ from all over the world. Right from the development of Europe’s most sustainable cracker to Linde starting up the world’s first plant for extracting hydrogen from natural gas pipelines and Microsoft investing 50-million-dollars for building the world’s first alcohol-to-jet SAF plant, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Linde Engineering has officially started up the world’s first full-scale pilot plant in Dormagen, Germany, to showcase how hydrogen can be separated from natural gas streams using Linde’s Hiselect powered by Evonik membrane technology.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in its latest report ‘Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: The Hydrogen Factor’ elaborates on the new global power dynamics in the background of a hydrogen economy. It also states that green hydrogen has the potential to disrupt global trade and bilateral energy relations with new hydrogen exporters and users.

An in-depth review by IEA has revealed that owing to bold policies and support for innovation, Canada is on the path to a successful energy transition. The country aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050. In line with this goal, the governments have undertaken various policy measures such as a clean fuels standard, a commitment to phase out unabated coal-fired electricity by 2030, methane regulations in the oil and gas sector, measures to decarbonize the transport sector, and many more.

India has entered into a collaboration with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to strengthen the country’s renewable energy in order to become a leading producer of green hydrogen. Under the terms of the contract, the two will assess the potential of green hydrogen as an enabler of the country’s transition and as a new source of national energy exports. India is also launching a National Green Hydrogen Mission that will help in the production, storage, distribution, and application technologies of green hydrogen.

Origin Materials has plans to develop its second manufacturing plant, Origin 2 at Geismar, Louisiana, USA. The facility is expected to convert an estimated 1 million dry metric tons of wood residues annually in order to produce carbon-negative materials and hydrothermal carbon which will be used to manufacture PET plastic and be used in fuel pellets respectively.

Under a contract signed between thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers and Shell, thyssenkrupp will engineer, procure and fabricate a 200 MW electrolysis plant based on its large-scale 20 MW alkaline water electrolysis module for the mega ‘Hydrogen Holland I’ project in the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The project will produce green hydrogen for the industry and transport sector in the region.

Under the new joint venture agreement, BASF and Heraeus will establish a new company called ‘BASF Heraeus (China) Metal Resource Co.’ in China. The collaboration will enable a circular economy solution as precious metals will be recovered from spent automotive catalysts in the country.

McPhy’s innovative electrolysis technology ‘Augmented McLyzer’ will be used for the 100-MW electrolysis plant in Sines, Portugal which forms a part of the mega GreenH2Atlantic project. The electrolysis platform is expected to supply green hydrogen for industrial as well as energy applications and will also help in the decarbonization of Europe.