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 – 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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Germany – Industrial services provider Bilfinger has completed the previously announced acquisition of parts of Stork in the Netherlands and Belgium from Fluor. European authorities have approved the transaction and social partners in the Netherlands have given a positive opinion on the transaction. Stork will be fully integrated into the Bilfinger Group within a year. […]
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Belgium – TotalEnergies will develop a new battery storage project on the site of TotalEnergies’ depot in Feluy. It will have a power rating of 25 MW and capacity of 75 MWh. De start up is expected at the end of 2025.
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Netherlands – Bureau Veritas (BV), a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC), has awarded the Dutch-Norwegian renewable energy company SolarDuck the world’s first Prototype Certification for a floating offshore solar technology, as applied in SolarDuck’s 0.5 MW pilot “Merganser”. This certification represents a significant step forward in the development of marine renewable energy […]
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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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Belgium – Four largest Flemish industry federations—Essenscia, Agoria, Fedustria, and Fevia—came together to sign the ‘Future Pact for Flemish Industry’ during the inaugural Flemish Industry Summit in collaboration with the Flemish government.
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Sweden – Liquid Wind, Umeå Energi, and Wasaline have signed a Letter of Intent for the sale and purchase of eMethanol from the eFuel facility in Umeå, Sweden.
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