BASF has plans to invest in a new citral plant as well as menthol and linalool downstream plants in China and Germany respectively in order to expand its aroma ingredients business.

Bilfinger has been selected by The Lapwing Estate to develop a pilot plant. The new unit will be a part of the ‘reverse coal process’ developed by The Lapwing Estate. The process aims to convert CO2 emissions back into solid carbon while producing food with measurable positive environmental and social impact.

Under an agreement between Cepsa and Fertiberia, both the companies will work together to develop a large-scale green hydrogen plant in Huelva, Spain. With this project, the parties aim to decarbonize their production processes in the region.

With the series of process runs at its Porvoo refinery in Finland, Neste aims to understand how different types of waste plastics behave during chemical recycling in the refinery processes.

The joint project ‘Pülpegas’ will be developing an innovative industrial biogas plant with a capacity of up to 60GWh/year at the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park in Germany. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the project will demonstrate wheat pulp mono-fermentation on an industrial scale.

Under an Electrolyzer Manufacturing Binding Agreement signed between both the parties, Mc Phy will grant exclusive license of its pressurized alkaline electrolyzer technology to L&T for the production of electrolyzers. L&T also plans to develop a gigawatt-scale manufacturing facility for electrolyzers based on Mc Phy’s technology in India to cater to the domestic requirements as well as other regions.

Under a MOU, Adnoc together with the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia and Currenta will explore opportunities for the development of a low-carbon ammonia value chain in Germany. The aim of the contract is to produce and transport low-carbon ammonia as a fuel in energy generation.

Plug Power and Acciona Energía have plans to develop an industrial-scale, green hydrogen plant in Spain. Called ‘Valle H2V Navarra’, the 87-million-euro project will include a 25 MW electrolyzer and is expected to produce 3,880 tons of green hydrogen annually.

Neste has plans to establish an algae pilot production plant in Spain to further strengthen its global raw material pool. With the project, the company aims to develop and demonstrate algae cultivation and processing.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of February 2023’ from all over the world. Right from Europe’s most sustainable cracker securing a funding of 3.5 billion euros to Exxonmobil investing 2-billion-dollars for expanding its Baytown chemical plant in the US, find out all the projects making headlines here.