The sodium-ion battery technology is claimed to be safe, sustainable, provides high energy density, is a low-cost energy storage technology solution and is significantly cost competitive as compared to other battery technologies. Reliance will make use of the technology at its fully integrated energy storage giga-factory which is a part of the Dhirubhai Ambani Green Energy Giga Complex project at Jamnagar, India. The acquisition will also assist India to become one of the leading countries in battery technologies.

Weylchem has completed the integration of its latest acquisition, Weylchem Bilbao/Spain. They will cooperate closely with French sister company Weylchem Lamotte in Northern France.

SNF has plans to have a total emulsion-grade PAM production capacity of 1 million Mt/year in the U.S. by the end of 2020. With an aim to support this move, the company is actively investing in upstream monomer production capabilities.

Perdaman has selected Haldor Topsoe’s Syncor ammonia solution for its 2.7 billion dollar ammonia/urea plant in Western Australia. Construction work for the project is expected to commence in 2020.

The pharma industry utilises and needs high quality water for its daily operations. There is an urgent need to find newer and better ways to manage and utilise water efficiently to ensure sustainability.

Effective disaster management can go a long way in mitigating the damage caused by natural catastrophes, thereby increasing plant safety.

McPhy’s innovative electrolysis technology ‘Augmented McLyzer’ will be used for the 100-MW electrolysis plant in Sines, Portugal which forms a part of the mega GreenH2Atlantic project. The electrolysis platform is expected to supply green hydrogen for industrial as well as energy applications and will also help in the decarbonization of Europe.

Technip FMC’s Board of Directors has announced that the company will be split into 2 industry-leading and publicly traded companies – Remain Co and Spin Co. With this move, both the firms will be able to focus on their strategies and grow in their respective business.

PKN Orlen and Orlen Południe have teamed up to build a new second-generation bioethanol plant at the Jedlicze refinery in Poland. Claimed to be the first project of this kind in Poland and the second in Europe, the plant is expected to produce 25 thousand tons of bioethanol annually and is in line with the company’s ambitions of reducing carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

Tosoh Corporation has introduced its latest zirconia powder – the Zgaia series. Its unique features include a redesigned particle structure which makes low-temperature sintering possible at 1,250°C than the conventional 1,500°C, thus, reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the manufacturing process. Also, a yttrium oxide (Y2O3) content of only 1.5 mol % is sufficient for sintering Zgaia 1.5Y-HT.