Under a MOU signed between Rio Tinto and AMG Metals & Materials, both the companies will work together to explore the feasibility of developing an integrated low-carbon aluminium project in India. The project is expected to be powered by renewable energy.

Technip Energies has bagged a Feed contract from Jet Zero Australia for Project Ulysses, a bioethanol to sustainable aviation fuel project located in Australia. The project is expected to produce 102 million liters of SAF and 11 million litres of renewable diesel annually by 2028.

The demand for green chemicals has significantly increased due to the pressing emphasis on decarbonization of industries, strong government regulations in support of the environment and a change in consumer preferences towards sustainable alternatives. PROCESS Worldwide shares an overview about the green chemicals market as well as highlights industry trends in this space.

Researchers have recently concluded a research project wherein they investigated different technologies for producing renewable plastic raw materials from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen.

A consortium which consists of universities and private companies including Topsoe has developed a technology which has the potential to produce protein alternatives to feed 1 billion people annually.

Expected to produce up to 500,000 tons of SAF per annum, Neste has begun SAF production at its renewable refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. With this, the company aims to increase its global SAF production capability to 1.5 million tons per annum.

MOL Group has successfully completed another SAF and HVO production test at the Rijeka Refinery in Croatia. The pilot project was implemented in cooperation with Chevron Lummus Global with the aim of testing the co-processing of 5 % Pome with fossil feedstocks.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of November 2024’ from all over the world. Right from BASF partnering with Exterra for commercial scale CCS project in Canada to Topsoe’s technology being selected for one of Brazil’s first SAF plants, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Both of Lhyfe’s planned green hydrogen production projects in Wallsend, North Tyneside, and Kemsley, Kent, have been shortlisted under the UK Government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 2, a public auction system to support the production of low-carbon or renewable hydrogen.

Under a MOU signed between Sekisui Chemical and Velocys, both the companies will work together to advance the production technology for electro-Sustainable Aviation Fuel which is a CO2-derived synthetic fuel.