One of the greatest challenges in industry is the radical transformation towards a circular economy that relies on electricity and is at least partially self-sufficient. Examples of potential optimizations range from production, through logistics, to office buildings. WAGO, an international company headquartered in Minden, has pursued this path over the last several years for itself and with its clients. However, what was a natural, evolutionary process has been intensely accelerated by the current crises.

Diosna has recently introduced an innovative IOT solution for the food industry which is capable of optimizing process flows in manufacturing. The solution is available 24x7 and has the ability to transform existing manufacturing processes into Industry 4.0 processes.

BASF is working with authorities in China to use more electricity from renewable sources at its chemical plants. The company has just announced a particularly ambitious goal for the new Verbund site in Zhanjiang, in the southern province of Guangdong: The first plants at the Verbund site, which is currently under construction, are to be operated entirely with renewable energies.

Time is running out! We have to get our greenhouse emissions under control and eliminate it completely before it’s too late. The effects of climate change are already beginning to appear and, in this background, the most carbon-intensive sectors have undertaken sustainable business strategies to achieve their net zero goals but is it going to be enough? PROCESS Worldwide lists down four progressive solutions that will help industries to decarbonize their operations.

CSSC Power has chosen BASF’s OASE blue gas treatment technology for developing an advanced onboard CO2 capture system for commercial maritime applications. The collaboration aims to achieve sustainable developments in the global shipping industry.

Under a long-term agreement signed between both the parties, Air Liquide will develop a new hydrogen production unit at the Grandpuits site in France. This unit will partly use biogas from Total Energies’ Grandpuits biorefinery and make use of Air Liquide’s carbon capture technology to produce renewable, low-carbon hydrogen which will be used by the biorefinery to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

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.

Exxonmobil has started-up its Beaumont refinery expansion project in the USA which is expected to increase capacity for transportation fuels by 2,50,000 barrels daily. The project is claimed to be the largest refinery expansion in the country since 2012.

The consortium comprising Air Liquide, Chevron Corporation, Lyondell Basell, and Uniper will conduct a joint study to evaluate the development of a hydrogen and ammonia production facility along the U.S. Gulf Coast. If established, the unit is expected to support industrial decarbonization and mobility applications in the region as well as expand ammonia exports.

BASF’s OASE blue technology will be used to recover CO2 from flue gas and Messer will then refine it up to food grade quality in order to supply the CO2 to its customers across Europe.