Sunhydrogen has teamed up with The University of Texas at Austin – Center for Electromechanics to install, commission, and operate a more than 30 m² proof-of-concept hydrogen production system at UT-CEM’s Hydrogen Protohub research facility.

With a mega investment of 20 million dollars, GEA has recently inaugurated its New Food Application and Technology Center in Janesville, Wisconsin, USA. The facility comprises pilot lines for precision fermentation, cell cultivation, plant-based processing; thermal processing (UHT); aseptic filling; spray drying; membrane filtration; centrifugation; full lab support.

Air Liquide has plans to modernize and connect an Air Separation Unit to its existing network in Louisiana, USA. In addition to this, the firm also aims to expand its pipeline infrastructure by an additional 30 miles along the Gulf Coast.

With an investment of 16.4 million euros, Voestalpine and Verbund have plans to expand the world’s longest-running hydrogen pilot plant which will include the production, compression, purification, storage, loading, and further use of green hydrogen.

Total Energies has plans to work together with Mistral AI for developing a joint innovation lab which will aim at increasing the application of artificial intelligence in Total Energies’ multi-energy strategy.

Agilyx’s proprietary polystyrene recycling technology Styrenyx has the capacity to reduce carbon equivalent emissions by 38 % using average grid electricity and 86 % using wind electricity as compared to the traditional process of styrene production.

The collaboration aims to focus on smelting units and direct reduction plants for the production of carbon-neutral steel. For this purpose, two electrically operated smelters are being built to process 2.5 million metric tons of directly reduced iron into hot metal annually.

Ineos Olefins & Polymers Europe has launched a new advanced recycled plastic production process at its Lavera site in Southern France. Its cracker has received the first deliveries of pyrolysis oil made from recycled plastic waste that will be used to develop virgin-quality polymers.

This smart technology has been in the news for quite some time but how useful is it for industrial plants? Bart Moors, General Manager Process Industries Software at Siemens and Prathamesh Gawde, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Bentley Systems highlight the many benefits of adopting the digital twin technology across industrial facilities.

Almost every sector around the world right from the chemical industry to the aviation industry are looking to decarbonize their operations. New technologies and even sustainable alternatives are being explored for this purpose. Renewable methanol or sustainable methanol is just one of these many new solutions that aims to slash and even eliminate carbon emissions for these sectors.