BASF and Siemens Energy accelerate carbon management

BASF and Siemens Energy plan to accelerate commercial implementation of new technologies designed to lower greenhouse gas emissions. BASF aims to extend its leading role in lowering CO2 emissions in chemical production. Several pilot projects at its Ludwigshafen site are under discussion. BASF’s headquarters is one of the largest chemical production sites in the world. […]

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Europe protects industry with carbon border adjustment

The consultations between the European leaders also resulted in breakthroughs around ETS and the so-called carbon border adjustment. The emission tax is being extended to the aviation and maritime sectors. And from 2023 onwards, companies that want to export goods to Europe will also have to pay for their CO2 emissions. The stakes of the […]

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Turquoise hydrogen and carbon black

The breakthrough of hydrogen seems imminent. However, the problem is CO2 emissions during production. Methane pyrolysis produces hydrogen from natural gas with carbon as a valuable by-product. Call it the turquoise variant. BASF, Shell and also TNO see possibilities. Currently, the industry already uses a lot of hydrogen. Among other things for the desulphurization of […]

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