In the background of rising demand of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, Lotte Chemical and Sasol Chemicals have plans to explore a joint project to develop an electrolyte solvents production plant. Sasol’s site near Lake Charles in the U.S. and Marl in Germany are being considered for the project.

The process industries must establish efficient and circular processes that do not require fossil raw materials and energy. But what does that mean for the careful use of water as a resource? We talked about this with Dr. Thomas Track, Head of Dechema’s Water Management Department.

Total Energies has acquired a 20 % interest in the new company Adani New Industries. The new firm is expected to be the exclusive platform of Adani Enterprises and Total Energies for the production and commercialization of green hydrogen in India.

In line with the Paris agreement and an aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Perstorp will be converting majority of its polyols produced at the largest production plant in Perstorp, Sweden, to pro-environment products.

Under a final investment decision undertaken by Phillips 66, the company has plans to convert its San Francisco Refinery in California into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities. The project – Rodeo Renewed is expected to commence operations in 2024.

How a desalination plant uses the most sustainable and available energy source to generate fresh drinking water — Seawater desalination has a large ecological footprint, as the processes used to generate fresh water from brine or seawater are energy intensive an often rely on fossil fuels. Luckily, the arid regions that rely on desalination the most have one resource in abundance: sunlight. Can solar power bring green drinking water to the Middle East?

Under a joint declaration signed between the European Commission, Hydrogen Europe and 20 European firms, all the parties will work together to increase electrolyzer manufacturing capacity in order to boost renewable hydrogen production in the region. For this, Europe’s leading electrolyzer manufacturers aim to increase their manufacturing capacity to 17.5 GW by 2025.

Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI), CO2 Value Europe (CVE) and nova-Institute have recently published a study which showcases the chemical industry’s CO2 reduction potential via carbon capture and utilization (CCU).

The ‘Carbon Neutral Alliance’ was recently inaugurated at Cemex’s cement plant in Rüdersdorf, Germany with an aim to develop innovative technologies in order to establish the first carbon-neutral cement facility by 2030.

Fulcrum Bioenergy’s Sierra biofuels plant in the USA has commenced operations and is processing waste feedstock to produce high-quality hydrocarbon synthetic gas which proves beneficial for sustainable fuel production.