Recent developments
Power and storage build‑out
Utility‑scale flexibility expanded with a 694 MW UK BESS portfolio backed by Sumitomo and Gresham House. Vattenfall inaugurated the Bruzaholm onshore wind farm with co‑located battery storage. In the US, Repsol brought the Pinnington solar project in Texas online, while upstream construction emissions were reduced at the Juliusburg/Krukow solar park by specifying low‑emission steel.
Hydrogen networks advance
Gasunie opened the first 32‑km section of the Dutch hydrogen network in Rotterdam. Cross‑border integration progressed with the Zevenaar–Elten hydrogen link to connect Dutch supply to German industry. On the supply side, EPC was awarded for the Djewels green hydrogen plant in Delfzijl, and coatings were specified for the Songyuan Hydrogen Energy Industrial Park covering H2, ammonia and methanol assets.
CCUS and industrial heat
Financing for storage scaled as Eni CCUS Holding secured £500m+ to advance Liverpool Bay CCS toward 4.5 Mt/yr by 2028 and support additional projects. The EU’s Innovation Fund Heat Auction awarded €400m to 65 projects deploying electrified and renewable industrial heat. Executives at PRC Europe 2026 focused on bankable delivery of refinery/petrochemical decarbonisation, including hydrogen integration, circular feedstocks and energy efficiency.
Low‑carbon fuels and bunkering
Repsol started a renewable diesel plant in Puertollano, integrating renewable hydrogen from biogas. Axens and XCF Global will scale Vegan HEFA technology for SAF and renewable diesel. Shipping pilots broadened with ethanol bunkering in Rotterdam, while a ship‑to‑ship ammonia bunkering simulation produced safety guidance for ports and regulators.
Bioenergy and feedstocks
Capital formation continued as the EIF committed €200m to CIP’s Advanced Bioenergy Fund II for industrial biomethane. The Netherlands backed waste‑to‑gas via the EemsGas SDE++ operating subsidy, and Gasum added Danish capacity with an EnviThan gas upgrading unit in Denmark. Upstream verification advanced through BASF and Arva’s verified low‑CI grain for 45Z to support creditable biofuel sourcing.
Process and materials efficiency
Two Yihua plants adopted FAMAX catalysts to lift formaldehyde yield, cut pressure drop and abate VOCs. Toshiba components integrated Mitsui’s mass‑balance biomass plastics meeting Japan’s Top Runner standards. Circular chemistry entered coatings as Cromology used BASF’s Acronal Ccycled styrene‑acrylate binder from tire pyrolysis oil; additional efficiency gains were reported via BASF’s hot‑gas welding process for PPA.
Operations and logistics
Sinopec launched LNG cold‑energy cascade utilization to generate electricity and supply process cooling at a regas terminal. India’s freight decarbonisation advanced with LNG‑powered trucks at Tata Steel. Network resilience planning continued as Worley became the exclusive engineering partner for APA’s gas network; offshore, low‑emission production was reinforced through the Fram Sør development tied to the power‑from‑shore Troll C platform.