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Biomass – more than just a fuel for power generation: It carries the hope to be usable for an ever–increasing number of chemical intermediates and finished products. Let's take a look at the challenges that the biomass conversion, bioplastics and renewable feedstock poses for plant engineering...

Perstorp has plans to investigate the production of recycled methanol at its Swedish facility in Stenungsund. The study aims at producing a more sustainable, recycled methanol to replace fossil methanol as a raw material in the firm’s s production process.

Neste and Lyondell Basell jointly announce the first parallel production of bio-based polypropylene and bio-based low-density polyethylene at a commercial scale at the production site in Wesseling, Germany.

Exxon Mobil and Global Thermostat have entered into a joint development agreement to advance breakthrough technology that can capture and concentrate carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources. The move is aimed at developing lower-emissions solutions to mitigate the risks of climate change.

Protests by locals in the Ratnagiri region have led the Mahrashtra Government in India to relocate the gigantic project to the neighbouring district of Raigad. The new site is around 10,000 acres and is being identified as a better option than the former Ratnagiri land.

The main demand drivers behind this market scenario are the strong demand from Asian countries and further development of the international gas trade, according to the international Energy Agency (IEA).

The plant which is capable of converting renewable electricity into green hydrogen can be scaled up from 20MWs to 60 MWs. The move will enable the facility to convert 9,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year and meet the demand for sustainable aviation fuel.

State-of-the-art automation systems can revitalize old equipment if they are deployed purposefully and with sound judgment. Read how to rejuvenate your equipment, ranging from simple control system migration to the introduction of digitalization and artificial intelligence.

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB and the University of Stuttgart aim to use the climate-damaging greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as a raw material for the production of chemicals. To do this, they are developing a combined plasma and membrane process that splits CO2 into oxygen and the chemical base material carbon monoxide.