Norway – The Research Council of Norway unveiled plans to invest 180 MNOK in the establishment of a ground-breaking research centre, known as gigaCCS, dedicated to carbon capture, transport, and storage (CCS) technology. With an eight-year timeline spanning from 2025 to 2032, gigaCCS aims to build upon the successes of its predecessor, NCCS, to […]
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Belgium – Belgium and Norway have signed a letter of intent to enable the transport of CO2 between the two countries. This initiative opens the door for companies to start projects and conclude contracts related to Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The agreement between Belgium and Norway allows companies to capture CO2 and transport it […]
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Germany – Shell Deutschland has commissioned a new bio-LNG (liquid biomethane) production plant at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland. The plant is the largest of its kind in Germany and can produce about 100,000 tons of this fuel annually. Shell is targeting freight transport with this fuel. Felix Faber, Managing Director of Shell Germany […]
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Germany – NGK INSULATORS has received an order from BASF Stationary Energy Storage (BSES), a subsidiary of BASF, for NAS Batteries for a large-scale green hydrogen production project, developed by HH2E, a German green hydrogen producer. The NAS batteries that have been ordered have a maximum output of 18 megawatts and a capacity of 104.4megawatt-hours […]
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Germany – Salzgitter AG and Uniper SE sign pre-contract for the supply and purchase of green hydrogen. This is to be produced in the large-scale electrolysis plant planned by Uniper, which is scheduled to be commissioned in Wilhelmshaven in 2028. The green hydrogen will be required for the SALCOS® – Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking program […]
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Germany – Pearl Group, an international leader in polyurethane (PU) insulation solutions and other PU-based applications, has launched Pearl Deutschland in Leverkusen, Germany. This strategic expansion is the latest development in Pearl’s ambitious PearlX2 strategy, which aims to double the organisation’s size by 2026. Following the acquisition of Covestro’s majority stake in the joint venture […]
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Germany – Vattenfall and BASF have agreed on the sale of 49 percent of Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms to BASF. The Nordlicht wind project is being built in the German North Sea without state subsidies and, with a total installed capacity of 1.6 gigawatts, will be the largest offshore wind farm project […]
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Neste successfully conducted its first processing trial run with liquefied discarded tires. In the processing run, Neste produced high-quality raw material for new plastics and chemicals. For the processing run, Neste sourced pyrolysis oil derived from discarded vehicle tires by Scandinavian Enviro Systems, a Swedish company developing technologies to recover materials from end-of-life products. The […]
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The Netherlands – Spanish energy company Cepsa has signed an agreement with Evos, a leading liquid energy and chemical storage company with hubs in strategic locations across Europe, to enable the storage of green methanol to be produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage facilities in Algeciras and Rotterdam. The partnership, which also provides for the […]
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Belgium – The competitive position of the Belgian chemical and life science sector has weakened significantly over the past year. The sector is struggling with a historically low capacity utilization rate, a 14% decline in turnover and an 18% decline in exports according to the 2023 annual figures of the sector federation essenscia. The advocacy […]
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