Covestro has collaborated with Rondo Energy to install an innovative heat battery at Covestro’s Brunsbüttel site in Germany. The heat battery has the capacity to generate heat and steam for industrial production. By installing it, the battery aims to generate ten percent of the steam needed at the Covestro site with renewable energy.

Lhyfe, OX2, and Velarion have joined hands to develop the mega project in Ånge municipality, Sweden. The project is expected to combine wind power with large-scale green hydrogen production to generate carbon-negative neutral products.

Neste, Itochu, and GS Caltex have ensured that the first batch of Corsia-eligible ISCC-certified sustainable aviation fuel is now available for purchase at Narita International Airport in Japan.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of August 2024’ from all over the world. Right from E3 Lithium building its fully integrated lithium brine demonstration facility to a revolutionary green ammonia plant being inaugurated in Denmark, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Lummus’ new renewable dimethyl ether technology can process numerous types of methanol to produce renewable dimethyl ether. The technology is also capable of lowering Capex and Opex.

Covestro is currently focusing on future technologies to accelerate on the way to a full circular economy. The company has also realized that a global digitalization strategy in R&D is a key building block on this way.

Evonik has recently inaugurated a new double-digit million-euro production plant for sustainable emollients at its site in Steinau, Germany. The move will significantly increase Evonik’s production capacity which will cater to the growing customer demand for sustainable cosmetic emollients.

Located at MOL’s Százhalombatta refinery in Hungary, the 10 MW facility is claimed to be the largest green hydrogen plant in Central and Eastern Europe. The plant is expected to produce 1,600 tonnes of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen per year which will be used for fuel production.

Cost plays a vital role while developing industrial plants but by opting for a modular plant, capex costs, material costs and even labor costs can be slashed. Also, modular, skid-mounted units are developed in-doors under controlled environments and at speed which helps to save valuable time for industry players.

Under an agreement signed between Bridgestone, BB&G and Eni, all the parties will come together to establish a closed-loop ecosystem which will aim at transforming end-of-life tyres into new tyres.