Covid-19 reinforces the European Union’s Green Deal plans,” said Diederik Samsom at the opening show of the European Industry & Energy Summit. According to the cabinet chief of Euro Commissioner Frans Timmermans, more public money than ever is available to shape the energy transition. Samsom even sees investment in the implementation of the Green Deal […]
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In Ludwigshafen chemical giant BASF is building a pilot installation for the pyrolysis of methane. Besides hydrogen, the process does not produce CO2, but valuable solid carbon from natural gas or biogas. Next year the pilot installation will be put into operation. After 2025 commercial upscaling may follow. A relatively underexposed and clean alternative for […]
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During the European Industry and Energy Summit 2020 (EIES2020) several talk shows were scheduled. Watch the talk show about Next Steps in Hydrogen. There are huge plans, but what steps can now be taken to realise them? Lars Röntzsch of the Fraunhofer Institute and TNO, among others, wrote a position paper on the subject. Afkenel […]
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RWE and Ineos have entered into a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). Under the terms of the ten-year agreement set to begin in 2021, Ineos will purchase 198 gigawatthours of green electricity per year from RWE, which will be generated by the Northwester 2 wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. The wind farm is […]
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The Port of Amsterdam and the City of Amsterdam have great ambitions when it comes to making the port and industry more sustainable. From 2050 the port of Amsterdam should be a fully sustainable energy and fuel cluster with green hydrogen, biofuels, capture, storage and reuse of CO2 and synthetic fuels. How do they approach […]
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In order to tackle the energy transition in a concrete way, good cooperation and exchange of experiences and ideas is essential. Together with other main regional stakeholders, ORAM, Port of Amsterdam and the City of Amsterdam have organized the TET network (Talks Energy Transition), including the bimonthly Energy Transition Café. During the European Industry & […]
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The Belgian energy company Azteq installed the first pilot of an industrial solar mirror park in Antwerp last year. The park generates green heat from concentrated sunlight. During the European Industry & Energy Summit 2020 Dutch energy company Darel, Azteq’s strategic partner, will pitch on the technology that can make industrial heat more sustainable. Industrial […]
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During the European Industry & Energy Summit Thomas Palkovich will pitch the Thermal Battery system of EnergyNest. Multiple industrial clients already incorporate the thermal storage solution that minimize the use of natural gas or even introduces carbon free heat. EnergyNest offers and delivers Thermal Battery systems to its clientele. The proven, high-impact, and cost-competitive Thermal […]
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Scoop in Wallonia: EStor-Lux, in collaboration with Centrica Business Solutions, creates a battery park in Bastogne. Centrica manages and valorizes the batteries that can function as a virtual power plant. In this way, the parties increase the efficiency of the Belgian high-voltage grid. Centrica Business Solutions reaffirms its pioneering position in the flexibility market by […]
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Renewable power is growing robustly around the world this year. Contrasting with the sharp declines triggered by the Covid-19 crisis in many other parts of the energy sector. Such as oil, gas and coal, according to a report from the International Energy Agency. Driven by China and the United States, new additions of renewable power […]
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