Germany – Vulcan Energy Resources has started production of the first Lithium Chloride (LiCl) product at its Lithium Extraction Optimisation Plant (LEOP) in Landau, Germany. This €40m investment by Vulcan is delivering the first domestically produced lithium product produced in Europe for Europe. The Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field in Europe contains Europe’s largest lithium […]
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The Netherlands – About 100 people attended the TNO VoltaChem annual event today at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen discussing the latest developments in industrial electrification. This year’s event focused on scaling-up water electrolysis and carbon capture and utilization (CCU) value chains. Staying within the 1.5 degrees global heating scenario requires a simultaneous energy- […]
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The Netherlands – The Protein Brewery, an innovative developer of plant-based, highly nutritious food ingredients, received regulatory approval by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) to import, manufacture and sell food ingredients featuring Fermotein in Singapore. The company’s hero product is Fermotein, a fermented fungi with a highly nutritious, healthy, and sustainable profile. The food ingredient […]
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Estonia – Project developer Power2X based in the Netherlands is in the planning phase of a green methanol project in Estonia which entails an investment of more than 1 bln euros. The project will be developed in the industrial area of Niidu in Parnu aims to produce 500,000 tons of green methanol per year and […]
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Germany – A NAS battery system has been commissioned at the BASF site in Schwarzheide, Germany. The NAS battery system was developed by NGK Insulators and BASF Stationary Energy Storage (BSES). BSES distributes the NAS batteries and co-develops the next generation of sodium-sulfur batteries together with NGK Insulators. Four containerized NAS battery systems have been […]
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Netherlands – The Dutch startup Thoriant, a spin-out of Brightsite, is beginning commercial development of plasma technology that co-produces emission-free hydrogen and acetylene from methane. In recent years, a research and development program in plasma technology has been conducted at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus that has now resulted in the creation of Thoriant. Plasma technology […]
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