Belgium – The pilot plant that captures carbon monoxide from blast furnace gas arrived at the Ghent site of ArcelorMittal. The next two years researchers will test the sustainable technology in real life with industrial gas. ArcelorMittal, Dow Benelux and Tata Steel have joint emissions of more than 20 million tons of CO2 per year. […]
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The Netherlands – Shell has developed a new technology to capture CO2 from flue gases and is building a demonstration plant for this purpose on the site of the BMC Moerdijk power plant. In the course of 2024, this will capture around 150 tonnes of CO2 per day. Solid Sorbent Technology, as the name suggests, […]
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Germany – Chemical group BASF wants to be CO2 neutral by 2050. By 2030, the group wants to reduce its global greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent compared to 2018. And this while growth continues and BASF is currently building a large chemical complex in southern China. In total, BASF plans to invest up to […]
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USA — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced an ambitious new target to cut the cost of solar energy by 60% within the next ten years. In addition to nearly $128 million in funding to lower costs, improve performance, and speed the deployment of solar energy technologies.
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Denmark/Norway – Haldor Topsoe and Nel have entered a memorandum of understanding with the intent to offer customers complete renewable electricity to ammonia and methanol solutions. Solutions will be based on technologies from the two companies; Nel’s alkaline and PEM electrolysis technologies in combination with ammonia and methanol technologies from Topsoe.
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Belgium – Covestro will be covering almost half of its future electricity demand in Belgium from wind energy. The company concluded a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Engie. From April 1, 2021, the energy provider is going to supply around 45 percent of the electricity demand of Covestro in Antwerp from 15 wind turbines in […]
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Germany – BASF, SABIC and Linde have signed a joint agreement to develop and demonstrate solutions for electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. With this innovative approach focusing on one of the petrochemical industries’ core processes, the parties strive to offer a promising solution to significantly contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions within the chemical […]
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Switzerland – Disruption of global supply chains and lockdowns revealed renewables as a better alternative to fossil fuels and accelerated the transition to a circular economy. According to World Economic Forum chairman Mikhail Karisalov in the coming years we will likely witness substantial changes in technological patterns globally. But as reliance on oil and gas […]
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The Netherlands – Minister Juan Carlos Jobet of the Ministry of Energy of Chile, together with Allard Castelein, CEO of Port of Rotterdam, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on green hydrogen. This is the first agreement on hydrogen as a fuel and feedstock signed by the Ministry of Energy with a European port.
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United States – Current strategies for splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen with catalysts and light require chemical additives to expedite the process. Now, researchers have developed a catalyst that destroys medications and other compounds already present in wastewater to generate hydrogen fuel.
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