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Shell Rheinland starts up 10-MW hydrogen electrolysis plant

Shell (The Hague, the Netherlands) announced that Europe's largest PEM hydrogen electrolysis plant for the production of green hydrogen, REFHYNE, has started operations in Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Wesseling, Germany. The 10 MW plant, funded by the…

Shell joins Norway’s Aukra Hydrogen Hub

Aker Clean Hydrogen and CapeOmega have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AS Norske Shell to explore opportunities to develop the Aukra Hydrogen Hub to a large-scale production facility for clean hydrogen using natural gas from the local gas processing…

Siemens to build one of Germany’s largest green-hydrogen plants

Siemens AG (Munich, Germany)  has announced the launch of one of the largest green hydrogen projects in Germany. The official groundbreaking ceremony in Wunsiedel marked the start of construction of a hydrogen generation plant with a capacity of 8.75 megawatts.…

Adnoc joins Japanese firms to develop blue ammonia production

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced participation in a joint study agreement (JSA) with two Japanese companies – INPEX Corporation (INPEX), JERA Co., Inc. (JERA), and a government agency, the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC)…

Industrial partners collaborate to decarbonize Normandy basin

Air Liquide (Paris), Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria), Esso S.A.F., TotalEnergies (Paris) and Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the development of a CO2 infrastructure including capture and storage, to help decarbonize…

Repsol to build two new polymers plants in Portugal

Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) announced that it will build two polymer materials plants at its Sines Industrial Complex (Portugal), representing the largest industrial investment in Portugal in the last ten years, at €657 million. The new materials produced are 100%…

Sasol agrees to sell its sodium cyanide business

Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) has concluded an agreement to sell its sodium cyanide business to a South African, B-BBEE empowered subsidiary of Draslovka Holding a.s, a Czech-based company specializing in cyanide production, for a consideration of R1.46 billion (around…

Nippon Shokubai achieves ISCC certification for bio-based superabsorbent polymers

Nippon Shokubai (Tokyo) has obtained biomass certification for superabsorbent polymers (SAP) produced by its subsidiary Nippon Shokubai Europe N.V. (NSE) from ISCC*1 (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification), with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. SAP, the key material…

Evonik completes construction of Marl polyamide 12 plant

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has announced that construction work on the new polyamide 12 complex at Marl Chemical Park is virtually complete and it will be taken into operation this year. Evonik has invested around half a billion euros…

Nouryon to increase silica production in Sweden

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) plans to invest in its Kromasil manufacturing facility in Bohus, Sweden, to meet the increasing global demand from the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries for high-performing solutions. The investment is expected to double the facility’s existing production…