The European Union relies heavily on natural gas imports from Russia and the recent invasion of Ukraine by the Putin Government has changed the dynamics of the global energy market. In this background, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has listed out a 10-point plan on how Europe can significantly cut natural gas imports from Russia within a year.

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.

Messer has plans to develop a mega air separation unit (ASU) in Texas, USA which will be powered with solar energy. This will enable the company to reduce CO2 emissions at the site.

A new study by Fertilizers Europe and Dechema has revealed that CO2 emissions from ammonia production in Europe could be reduced by almost a fifth in 2030. It also highlights that the adoption of blue hydrogen in the production of ammonia could lead to a reduction of 3,000 kt of CO2 emissions annually from 2030 onwards.

Lummus Technology’s CDAlky technology has been selected by China’s Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co. for the development of its new 400 KTA alkylation unit which will be a part of the company’s 20,000 KTA Refining and Petrochemical Integrated Project in Shandong Province, China.

Biojet’s new renewable energy facility will be developed in Ringerike, Norway wherein KBR will conduct technology evaluations, early engineering and project development for the project. Biojet aims to convert forestry residues to renewable and sustainable green fuels at the new plant.

Solvay intends to make use of an existing boiler to increase its co-combustion rate with biomass at its Devnya plant in Bulgaria. The move will assist the company to cut CO2 emissions by 20 % and transition towards green energy, thus helping the firm reach its goal of reaching carbon neutrality before 2050.

Kemira has achieved a breakthrough by starting the first worldwide full-scale production of its newly developed water-soluble polymer. The new polymers are manufactured according to the principles of biomass-balance which means that majority of the fossil based raw materials are replaced by ISCC Plus certified biobased and renewable mass-balanced feedstocks. These polymers are produced at the company’s facilities in Italy and UK and will be supplied to water-intensive industries across the globe.

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.

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.