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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Finland – Borealis invests 4.5 million euro in the cracker furnaces of its olefins unit in Porvoo Finland. This investment ensures that the Porvoo steam cracker can increase the share of renewable and recycled raw materials used in its (ethylene and propylene) production. The investment program is expected to be completed in 2025. The Porvoo steam […]
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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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Finland – Neste and South Korean chemical company Lotte Chemical are teaming up to replace fossil resources with renewable raw materials in the manufacturing of chemicals and plastics. This will enable products and applications with a lower carbon footprint compared to those produced from fossil resources. The collaboration will see Neste providing renewable Neste RE, […]
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Estonia – Perpetual Next is to expand biocoal production at its site in Estonia. It also has plans for large-scale biomethanol production at its Baltania site. The company will partner with TSI to build the world’s largest reactors for biocoal production. Perpetual Next produces biocoal by torrefaction of woody waste streams. Currently, the company has […]
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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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The Netherlands – Vattenfall has made a strategic decision to participate in the Dutch IJmuiden Ver offshore wind tender.
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United Kingdom – Vattenfall has finalized the sale of the Norfolk Offshore Wind Zone to RWE, valued at £963 million.
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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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United States – Sunrise Wind has secured its Record of Decision (RoD) from the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
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