The IRPC Public Company has awarded Wison Engineering with an EPCC contract for a new hydrogen manufacturing unit in Thailand. Once complete, the project will supply hydrogen to the Ultra Clean Fuel Diesel Euro V Project.

Uniper has collaborated with the Port of Rotterdam Authority to develop green hydrogen production at Maasvlakte in the Netherlands. The move has been carried out based on the findings of a recent feasibility study and the growing demand for sustainable hydrogen from the Rotterdam petrochemical industry.

In line with the Scottish Government’s ambition of achieving net zero emissions by 2045 in the country, Ineos Grangemouth will further invest 1.37-billion-dollars in addition to the over 686 million dollars already invested at its Grangemouth site in Scotland to deliver emissions savings of more than 60 % across the site by 2030 and thus, achieve net zero emissions by 2045.

Decarbonizing basic chemicals — 4.6 million dollars in funding from the Dutch government will allow Dow, Shell and two new partners to push forward on their previous plans to develop steam crackers heated by electricity, for CO2-free production of ethylene.

Siemens Energy and Toray will jointly promote the development of the largest multi megawatt class PEM electrolysis in Japan under the Green Innovation Funding Program arranged by the Japanese Government. Toray’s new membrane technology will be used in the process. The companies aim to advance the technologies used in the production of green hydrogen by making use of renewable energy sources.

Under a letter of intent signed between Sumitomo and Rio Tinto, Sumitomo will assess the hydrogen pilot plant at Rio Tinto’s Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, Australia. If successful, the project will produce hydrogen for the Gladstone Hydrogen Ecosystem.

Wood’s scope of work for Humber Zero, one of the leading industrial decarbonization projects in the UK includes the development and integration of designs across the FEED packages including interface management, safety studies, licensor selection and scoping of future services.

The University of Bayreuth under its H₂ Giga project focuses on the research, development, and industrial production of high-performance, low-cost electrolyzers to meet Germany's demand for green hydrogen. One of the seven H₂ Giga projects called ‘HTs: HTEL Stacks – Ready for Gigawatt’ has received funding of more than 11,00,000 dollars. Chair of Ceramic Materials Engineering at the University of Bayreuth is responsible for this collaborative project.

BASF has introduced new catalysts for producing isopropyl alcohol efficiently. Apart from this, it has also launched a new catalyst for n-butane based maleic anhydride production which increases the efficiency in the biodegradable PBAT value chain, and lastly sustainable lightweight Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts have been developed for steam crackers and refineries.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of August 2021’ from all over the world. Right from building a world scale petrochemical complex in Indonesia to converting a refinery services facility into the first carbon-neutral (blue) hydrogen production facility in the USA, find out all the projects making headlines here.