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Thyssenkrupp Uhde and Johnson Matthey join forces to offer an integrated solution for ‘blue’ ammonia technology

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) and Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London, U.K.) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly offer a fully integrated low-carbon (blue) ammonia technology, building on a nearly 25-year ammonia relationship between the companies. In the…

Cepsa selects Siemens Energy’s PEM technology for 100-MW of electrolysis capacity for the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley

Cespa (Madrid, Spain) has selected Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) for the supply of 100 MW) of proton-exchange membrane (PEM) electrolysis technology for green hydrogen production at its La Rábida Energy Park in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva), southern Spain.…

Cepsa selects thyssenkrupp nucera as preferred supplier of a 300-MW electrolyzer for a ‘green’ hydrogen plant in Spain

Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany) is the preferred supplier of a 300-MW electrolyzer for Cepsa’s (Madrid, Spain) green hydrogen plant in Spain. Under an agreement, announced at the World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam, the Spanish energy company…

German large-scale plant engineering grows in a volatile market environment

At €24.3 billion, incoming orders booked in Germany by the members of the VDMA Large-scale Plant Engineering Group (AGAB; Frankfurt am Main) in Germany in 2023 were 15.7% higher than in the previous year (2022: €21.0 billion). This figure represents…

BASF receives funding approval for 54-MW water electrolysis plant

With the approval of funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has come a major step closer in building a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer. In…

Unipar modernizes chlor-alkali plant in Brazil with thyssenkrupp nucera technology

Unipar (São Paulo, Brazil) is modernizing its chlor-alkali plant at the Cubatão plant in Brazil by incorporating electrolyzers from thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA (Dortmund, Germany; ). To modernize the plant, the Brazilian chemical company, a leader in the…

Fives acquires ProSim

Fives (Paris, France), an international leader in industrial engineering, strengthens its capabilities with the acquisition of ProSim (Labège, France), an expert in process simulation and optimization. This acquisition will enable Fives companies to enhance the simulation of their equipment in…

Sustainable production of propylene oxide begins at new HPPO complex in China using Evonik-Uhde technology

Operations have begun at leading chemical producer Qixiang Tengda’s new propylene oxide complex in Zibo City, China (photo), using technology from Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany). The technologically integrated setup offers significant ecological and…

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Orica slash greenhouse gas emissions in Newcastle, Australia

thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) and Orica have successfully completed the Kooragang Island Decarbonization Project in Newcastle, Australia with the successful commissioning of thyssenkrupp Uhde’s effective EnviNOx technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Orica’s three on-site nitric acid plants. For…

Evonik to supply catalyst for new Röhm MMA plant

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany;) has signed an agreement to scale up and produce custom catalyst for Röhm GmbH’s (Darmstadt, Germany) new methyl methacrylate (MMA) production plant in Bay City, Texas, which is due to be opened in 2024. “This…