AM Green’s green ammonia plant has become the first Indian project to secure the prestigious Certifhy EU Pre-Certification. Situated in Kakinada, India, the project is expected to increase its production capacity from one to five million tons per annum of green ammonia by 2030.

A Final Investment Decision has been made by Shell to develop a carbon capture project at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park, Scotford in Alberta, Canada. Apart from this, it will also develop a carbon storage hub to provide permanent underground storage for CO₂ captured by the carbon capture project.

In a move to enhance the sustainability of chemicals and plastics, Neste Corporation partners with South Korean Lotte Chemical. This strategic collaboration aims to substitute fossil resources with renewable raw materials, leveraging the Finnish company’s renewable RE.

Encina and BASF have entered into a long-term supply agreement for chemically recycled circular benzene derived from post-consumer end-of-life plastics. BASF will use the chemically recycled benzene for its broad Ccycled product portfolio.

OQ Chemicals has secured the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus for its production site at Bay City in Texas, USA. The certification will help the firm to offer a sustainable alternative to its fossil-based portfolio.

Heirloom has plans to build two Direct Air Capture facilities in Louisiana, USA. The projects aim at eliminating nearly 320,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.

OMV Petrom has plans to make the hefty investment at its Petrobrazi refinery in Romania with an aim to become the first major producer of sustainable fuels in Southeast Europe.

BASF has introduced its biomass balanced ecoflex, a polybutylene adipate terephthalate that is frequently used in the compounding of biopolymers. The new ecoflex F Blend C1200 BMB has a 60 % lower Product Carbon Footprint than the standard ecoflex grade.

Cepsa Química has developed the first renewable energy traceability system for the manufacture of chemical products. This has also been validated by Aenor, the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification.

Named Frigg, the project is expected to become Everfuel’s first large-scale production facility dedicated to hydrogen supply via pipeline to industrial customers in Germany.