Brussels – The Council adopted a regulation and a directive establishing common internal market rules for renewable and natural gases and hydrogen and reforming the existing EU gas legislation. The new rules will help make the shift to renewable and low-carbon gases, in particular hydrogen, in the energy system, with a view to achieving the […]
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Belgium – ArcelorMittal, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), BHP and Mitsubishi Development have successfully launched the CO2 capture pilot plant at ArcelorMittal Ghent’s blast furnaces in Belgium. The plant is scheduled to run in Ghent for one to two years. During this period, the parties will test the feasibility of scaling up the technology. The companies […]
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Saudi Arabia – Aramco has signed an agreement with Pasqal, a global leader in neutral atom quantum computing, to install the first quantum computer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The agreement will see Pasqal install, maintain, and operate a 200-qubit quantum computer, which is scheduled for deployment in the second half of 2025. Pasqal […]
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Netherlands – Currently, Sabic at Chemelot is permanently closing the 55-year-old cracker Olefins 3. It is not a direct result of the current malaise in European industry, but a well-considered strategy. Pruning is never fun, states general manager John Bruijnooge. ‘But when your garden grows and blossoms again in spring like never before, you have long forgotten about it.’
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Scotland – RWE plans to develop a groundbreaking green hydrogen project at the Ineos-site in Grangemouth Scotland. The initial capacity is anticipated to be up to 200MWe, potentially producing up to 3.6 tonnes of hydrogen per hour, with ambitions for potential expansion to 600Mwe at a later date. The project, could be operational by 2029. […]
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Spain – Siemens Energy will supply PEM electrolysis technology for Cepsa’s hydrogen project at the La Rábida Energy Park in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva) in southern Spain. The electrolysis capacity is 100 MW. In the project, Cepsa uses alkaline-water technology in addition to PEM electrolysis. This involves a capacity of 300 MW. Thyssenkrupp nucera […]
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Portugal – Nordsol, a Dutch company in the field of bio-LNG technology, and the French company Prodeval, active in biogas treatment, will jointly build a large bio-LNG plant in southern Portugal. The new plant will convert waste from olive oil production into biogas and then bio-LNG. The new plant will be near a major olive […]
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The Netherlands – Dutch innovative company BlueAlp is to join forces with Italian waste processor Recupero Etico Sostenible (RES) to build Italy’s first advanced plastic recycling plant. The two parties expect to commission the plant by mid-2026. Under the agreement between the two companies, BlueAlp will provide a technology license and handle the engineering, procurement […]
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The Netherlands – Shell Netherlands Offshore Carbon Storage NL (SOCS NL) has been granted an exploration license to store CO2 in so-called saline aquifers under the North Sea. The license covers an area of nearly 1,500 square kilometers about 15 kilometers off the Dutch coast, off the Maasvlakte. Aquifers are saltwater-bearing layers in the deep […]
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Germany – Uniper’s hydrogen projects in Wilhelmshaven, the “Green Wilhelmshaven Electrolyser” and the “Green Wilhelmshaven Terminal”, have been selected by the European Commission for the list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI). With this, Uniper is part of cross-border infrastructure projects that link energy systems across EU countries. With the PCI status comes associated benefits […]
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