Under a long-term agreement signed between Air Liquide and Total Energies, Air Liquide will build, own and operate a new hydrogen production unit at Total Energies' La Mède site in France. The new facility is expected to have a capacity of 25,000 tonnes per year and aims to cover the hydrogen needs of Total Energies’ biorefinery.

Kemira and IFF have recently announced the successful completion of a market-entry scale industrial polymer plant in Finland. The plant utilizes IFF’s Designed Enzymatic Biomaterial platform technology and is expected to produce unique renewable polymers.

Under a joint development and cost sharing agreement, Aramco, Total Energies and the Saudi Investment Recycling Company have plans to explore the development of a sustainable aviation unit in Saudi Arabia.

In the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, Solvay has launched climate and water projects at its Paulínia site in Brazil. The investment is expected to reduce the site’s GHG emissions by 40 % and water input by 10 % annually as compared to 2021 levels.

With an aim to become one of the largest global offshore wind developers, owners and operators, BP and Jera have decided to join their offshore wind businesses to form a new standalone, equally-owned joint venture.

Under a MOU signed between Hydrom and Thyssenkrupp Nucera, both the firms will work together to support the growing green hydrogen sector in Oman. The collaboration aims to identify the potential for localization and explore development opportunities in the country.

VNG and Hycc have plans to develop an electrolyzer in order to produce green hydrogen in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany. The project aims to help decarbonize industries in the region.

In order to support the acceleration of low-carbon mobility in the Normandy industrial basin, Air Liquide has plans to invest 50 million euros in a new hydrogen packaging and delivery supply chain to refueling stations along the Seine Axis.

With a potential to reduce lifecycle carbon emissions by up to 80 %, depending on the feedstock used, sustainable aviation fuels have come under the spotlight. The aviation industry is a hard to abate sector and is currently exploring as well as incorporating sustainable aviation fuels into their airline operations in order to lower carbon emissions and ultimately achieve net zero emissions by 2050. PROCESS Worldwide offers an insight into this interesting space.

Clariant’s Megamax catalyst has been selected for China’s biomass gasification-to-green methanol project. The project is expected to use a combination of farm waste and wind power to produce up to 250,000 tons per annum of green methanol.