Adani Green Energy (Agel) is claimed to be one of the world’s largest solar developers and the deal between Total and the Adani Group is expected to strengthen the relationship between the two companies. Adani and Total aim to be the leading participants in the sustainable economy of the future.

Greenergy has plans to invest in Front End Engineering Design of a project to produce low-carbon transportation fuels from waste tires. The new facility is expected to process up to 300 tons of shredded tires each day to produce low-carbon fuels in the first phase. A second independent plant could also be set up to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

With an aim to develop the circular economy, Solvay is testing the blockchain technology for tracing its supply chain. The move is part of the European Union-funded Chemchain project which intends to create a decentralized open-source blockchain infrastructure to store and track chemical-related information along the supply chain.

Babcock & Wilcox’s B&W Environmental business has secured the mega contract for designing, supplying and installing a Spig air-cooled condenser for a waste-to-energy plant in the UK. The cooling system will be responsible for increasing efficiency and reducing emissions.

Austria's OMV is expanding and modernizing the cracker facilities and petrochemical cold section at the Burghausen refinery. The aim of the measures is to increase ethylene and propylene production capacity at the site.

Kemira Chemicals has decided to shut the Äetsä chlorate site manufacturing line II in order to enhance long term profitability at the site. The company will be holding cooperation negotiations with its employees on January 25, 2021.

Under a 50:50 joint venture with Plastic Energy, Sabic will start construction of the first commercial unit to produce its flagship certified circular polymers. The new facility is expected to significantly upscale Sabic’s production of certified circular polymers and will become operational in the second half of 2022.

JPF Netherlands, the holding company of Jindal Films Europe, has acquired 100 % shares in Domo Chemicals’ Domo Films Solutions Spa (DFS). The move is expected to expand Jindal Films’ business into nylon films.

The United States oil and gas rigs in operation have reduced by 59.49 %, according to data by Bankr, a portal for finance and investment. The portal’s research also provided an insight into the future outlook of the oil industry.

Zhejiang Depei New Material Co. has finalized Sulzer’s separation technology for its new plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China. The facility will produce plant-based L-lactide which is vital to obtain recyclable polylactic acid bioplastic.