Located in Omsk, the modern oil-refining catalyst-production facility is expected to produce 21,000 tonnes of modern catalysts which will be used for deep oil refining and production of Euro-5 fuels. The project has also been regarded as a national project by Russia.

The collaboration aims to create high performance biopolymers which can be used by plastic manufacturers as an alternative to fossil-based plastics for single-use as well as durable applications. Industries such as packaging, electrical & electronic equipment, hygiene products, consumer goods and automotive are expected to benefit from this biopolymer.

Neste has set an ambitious target for carbon neutral production by 2035 and this move is in line with the company’s other strategic climate commitment of reducing its customers’ greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 million tonnes annually by 2030.

The collaboration agreement includes the standardisation of solutions for large scale hydrogen production plants. Nel and Kværner will jointly develop a standardised 20 megawatt H2 production module along with a design for large (100 megawatt+) modules for major scale plants.

Under an agreement signed between Finnair and Neste, the airline will make use of sustainable aviation fuel in its operations with an aim to reduce the CO2 footprint of flying.

The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, TNO has acquired Avantium’s bioaromatics business which includes patents and know-how of technologies that produce bio-derived products for polymers and coatings.

Under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, the Vamos project has received a mammoth funding. The project aims at developing second-generation sugars from household waste and will be used to produce numerous bio-based products for non-food applications.

Post the capacity expansion, Advanced Biochemical (Thailand) Co. is expected to produce 120,000 mt/year of bio-based epichlorohydrin at its Map Ta Phut facility in Thailand. The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand approved this expansion.

An agreement has been signed between both the parties under which UPM Biofuels will supply Bio Verno, a sustainable raw material to Ineos in order to produce bio-attributed polyolefins in Germany.

Sabic has announced the construction of the semi-commercial plant in the firm’s Geleen campus in The Netherlands. The facility is expected to be operational by 2021 and will begin by offering materials to the company’s downstream collaborators.