Weekly roundup from our partner etascan with Insights from ppPLUS

1️⃣ Mitsubishi Chemical Group and ENEOS officially launched a 20 ktpa advanced recycling facility in Japan, utilising Mura Technology’s Hydro-PRT® process for chemical recycling of plastic waste.

Misubishi Group and ENEOS modelled on the platform with plants and subsidiaries together with Mura Pyrolysis Technology.

2️⃣ Shell Catalysts & Technologies and Technip Energies have entered an alliance to deploy Shell’s CANSOLV® CO₂ Capture System. Both Robin Robin Mooldijk (Shell) and Arnaud Pieton(Technip Energies) highlighted the alliance’s role and shared ambition in scaling affordable carbon capture solutions.

Shell and Technip Technologies on ppPLUS.

3️⃣ KBR, Inc. has been awarded a FEED contract by KAR Electricals for a major fertilizer facility in Basra, Iraq. The project includes a 2 300 tpd ammonia plant and a 3 850 tpd urea unit, both of which will use KBR’s proprietary ammonia technology.

KBR Technologies in ppPLUS

4️⃣ Korean energy company YPP has signed a framework agreement with KAZAKH INVEST to invest up to $3 billion in a green hydrogen and ammonia project in Kazakhstan. The planned facility will produce 75 ktpa of hydrogen to generate 310 ktpa of ammonia.

5️⃣ American GreenFuels LLC, a subsidiary of Kolmar Group AG has expanded its Connecticut biodiesel plant capacity from 38 million to over 60 million gallons per year. The project is now complete and fully operational.

American GreenFuels company Mass Balance initialized.

6️⃣ Poland’s ORLEN S.A. and Krajowa Grupa Spożywcza S.A. have signed an MoU to develop a nationwide biomethane portfolio using agricultural and post-production waste, with digestate reused as fertilizer.

Orlen Group on ppPLUS.

7️⃣ Researchers from the university CiQUS - Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials and tech centre CRETUS, Cross-disciplinary Research in Environmental Technologies have developed a low cost, reusable enzymatic system that breaks down over 90% of PET plastic in under 72 hours. The team is now scaling the technology.

8️⃣ Moeve (formerly Cepsa) and Zaffra, a joint venture between Sasol and Topsoe have signed a MoU to explore the development of eSAF facilities in Spain. Zaffra CEO Jan Toschka said, “Our complementary strengths will help bring eSAF to market swiftly, sustainably, and at scale”.

Moeve, Zaffra, Sasol-Group and Topsoe modelled in ppPLUS.