LG Chem and Eni Sustainable Mobility have come together to explore the development of a new biorefinery at LG Chem’s Daesan chemical complex in South Korea. The project aims to decarbonize the energy and mobility sector as well as meet the growing demand for more sustainable fuels and plastics produced by low-carbon processes.

Covestro has started up a new world-scale plant in Spain to produce chlorine with the help of the energy efficient ODC (oxygen depolarized cathode) technology. The new project will aim to strengthen the European MDI production of the company in the region.

Sea Vision presented its latest AI-powered technologies at the recently held Interpack fair in Germany. The firm focused on solutions across its three business divisions – machine vision, traceability and process automation.

Sunfire has won a contract to supply a 100 MW pressurized alkaline electrolyzer to a European refinery. The order includes ten modules of Sunfire’s highly reliable pressurized alkaline electrolysis technology, each with a capacity of 10 MW.

Sika’s innovative concrete recycling technology – reco2ver is capable of recycling old concrete which can then be entirely reused while facilitating the sequestration of CO2. Switzerland’s Climate Cent Foundation has committed 11.28 million dollars to support this technology.

Sea Vision and the Marchesini Group are launching a brand-new solution in the market for primary pack serialization and aggregation, comprising a complete range of technologies to print, inspect and pack serialized blisters and perform aggregation with cartons, all integrated in a 4.0 environment.

Under the terms of the contract, Total Energies will produce biomethane at its Bio Béarn biomethane plant and supply it to Saint-Gobain France. The firm’s sustainable biomethane is certified by ISCC and will assist Saint-Gobain to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in France.

Evos, Hydrogenious LOHC technologies and the Port of Amsterdam have entered into a MOU under which the partners will develop large-scale hydrogen import facilities at the Port of Amsterdam. The project will include a Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) dehydrogenation plant, which will have a capacity of up to 100-500 tonnes of hydrogen daily, as well as related storage and handling facilities.

In the background of growing demand for EV batteries, Solvay has expanded the production capacity of PVDF at its Changshu site in China. The thermoplastic fluoropolymer is used both as a binder as well as a separator coating in lithium-ion batteries.

The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland visited the site of Vianode’s new battery materials plant in Herøya, Norway where he raised Vianode’s flag. Initially, the new plant is expected to produce anode graphite for about 20,000 EVs annually by 2024. Later on, it will be scaled to provide battery materials to two million EVs per year by 2030.