Guangxi Hongkun Biomass has selected Topsoe’s Hydroflex technology for producing sustainable aviation fuel at its plant in the Qinzhou Port Area Free Trade Pilot Zone of Guangxi, China. The project is expected to process 300,000 tons of feedstock annually.

Using a decanter to produce biofuel from organic waste: Organic waste goes into the air - at least that is Bisviridi's vision. The subsidiary of the British biogas specialist Biotech4 wants to convert oil and fat waste into crude oil for biofuels. Process engineering plays a decisive role in this...

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of April 2024’ from all over the world. Right from the MOL Group inaugurating one of the largest green hydrogen plants in Europe to BASF, Sabic and Linde starting up the world’s first large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnace, find out all the projects making headlines here.

A joint study will be carried out between Lummus Technology and Braskem to demonstrate Lummus’ SRT-e electric cracking heater. With this, both the parties aim to decarbonize one of Braskem’s sites in Brazil.

Linde under its subsidiary White Martins has plans to build, own and operate a second electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen in Brazil. On completion, the plant is expected to supply green hydrogen to glass manufacturer Cebrace to reduce emissions from their glass melting furnaces.

Air Liquide and Sasol have entered into new power purchase agreements with Enel Green Power RSA. Under the terms of the agreement, Enel Green Power RSA will supply an additional capacity of 110 MW of renewable power to Sasol’s Secunda site in South Africa.

With an investment of 22-million-euros, MOL Group has successfully inaugurated a green hydrogen plant in Százhalombatta, Hungary. The plant is expected to produce 1,600 tonnes of clean, carbon-neutral green hydrogen annually and will also reduce the Danube Refinery's carbon dioxide emissions by 25,000 tonnes.

Linde has entered into two new long-term power purchase agreements for the supply of renewable energy in China. Under the terms of the contract, Linde will secure a total of 320 gigawatt hours per year of renewable energy from Guangdong Energy Group and China Three Gorges Corporation.

The Finnish research institutes VTT and GTK together with industrial partner organizations are launching the pioneering research project Hydrogen Underground (HUG) focused on underground storage of hydrogen. This initiative represents the first public hydrogen storage endeavor of this scale in the country.

Honeywell has entered into a MOU with The Green Solutions Group Corporation for Vietnam's first green hydrogen plant – the Tra Vinh Green Hydrogen project. Under the terms of the contract, Honeywell will bring to the project its technologies such as project automation design and management, and energy management for energy transition to enable the firm integrate renewable energy sources into the green hydrogen plant.