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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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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Finland – The lengthy permitting process with unclear outcomes, leading to an unpredictable timeframe for receiving a final, unappealable permit, forces BASF to consider layoffs for an indefinite period, potentially impacting all employees at the Harjavalta site in Finland. The recent suspension of the immediate enforcement of the environmental permit by the Vaasa Administrative Court […]
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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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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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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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Belgium – Belgium’s Elia secures the domain concession for Princess Elisabeth Island, marking a step forward in the construction of the energy hub in the North Sea.
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Belgium – Over 500 industry leaders have joined forces to support the Antwerp Declaration, advocating for a European Industrial Deal to complement the EU Green Deal and safeguard quality jobs across Europe.
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