OQ Chemicals has secured the Ecovadis Gold rating for the sixth consecutive year. The award recognizes innovations such as the ISCC Plus-certified Oxbalance product line and the company-wide ‘reduce’ initiative aimed at achieving climate neutrality, as well as OQ Chemicals’ high safety standards.

Yara has inaugurated a new ammonia import terminal in Brunsbüttel, Germany. With this project, the company has the potential to import up to three million tonnes of low-emission ammonia to Europe annually.

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action has approved funding to BASF for developing the world’s largest industrial heat pump for CO2-free steam generation at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. The heat pump is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 98 % at the site.

Kuwait Oil Company has awarded KBR with an advisory consulting contract regarding the development of a country wide masterplan for the production of 17 GW of renewables and 25 GW of green hydrogen by 2050.

Accelera has recently inaugurated its new electrolyzer manufacturing plant in Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The project is expected to scale the development, manufacturing and adoption of zero-emissions technology in Spain and Europe.

Under a binding agreement signed between Plug Power and Allied Green Ammonia, Plug Power will supply 3 GW of electrolyzer capacity to AGA’s green hydrogen to ammonia plant in Australia.

Carbonscape has finalized the Sunila site in Finland to develop the demonstration plant for biographite production. With this, the company aims to establish a European battery supply chain independent of traditional graphite sources.

Michael Carus, Founder and Managing Director at Nova-Institute shares his views on replacing fossil-based naphtha with alternative naphtha in refineries and crackers. He also elaborates on the advantages and challenges of incorporating alternative naphtha in existing refineries and crackers.

Under a three-year contract, Wood will be responsible for operating and maintaining the Freepoint Eco-Systems plant in Ohio, USA. The mega facility will make use of the advanced pyrolysis recycling technology to convert 90,000 tons of end-of-life plastics into pyrolysis oil, through a depolymerization process.

BP and Iberdrola have announced a final investment decision to develop a 25 MW green hydrogen project at BP's Castellón refinery in Spain. The project has secured funding of 15 million euros from the Spanish Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, with funding allocated by Nextgeneration EU.