The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has been awarded a long-term contract to supply all the gases for next-generation thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module production at Masdar’s manufacturing site in Erfurt, Germany. Under the turnkey contract, Linde will provide a complete…
Alstom (Paris, France; www.power.alstom.com) and The Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) announce the design and construction of a pilot plant to capture carbon dioxide from the fluegas of a coal-fired boiler at the Dow-owned facility in South Charleston, W.V.…
Bayer MaterialScience (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayermaterialscience.com) is to invest 20 million euros in a new aromatic and aliphatic polyisocyanate manufacturing facility in India as part of its strategy to grow its business in the country and strengthen its position as a…
Carbon dioxide is the most prevalent greenhouse gas (GHG) believed to be responsible for global warming. CO2 levels are rising at an accelerated rate with the increasing global demand for transportation fuels and power. Today, worldwide CO2 emissions amount to…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) has been awarded an order for the installation of Fisher control valves at the Saudi Kayan petrochemical complex in Al Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. For the project, Emerson will supply 780 Fisher digital control…
UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) and Ensyn Corp. (Wilmington, Del.; www.ensys.com) have launched Envergent Technologies, LLC, a joint venture (JV) to offer technology and equipment to convert second-generation biomass into pyrolysis oil for power generation, heating fuel and for…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) will invest around €10 million in Australia in a carbon dioxide recovery unit. The Air Liquide unit will re-use up to 69,000 metric ton (m.t.) of C02 from the BassGas natural gas plant and be…
Siemens Energy (Erlangen, Germany; www.siemens.com/energy) will adapt its proprietary process for carbon dioxide capture to the special conditions prevalent in and mode of operation of combined-cycle power plants for the Norwegian utility Statkraft. The project kicked off in January 2009…
Bookings by members of the German Large Industrial Plant Manufacturer´s Group (AGAB; Frankfurt; www.vdma.org) rose to a record 32.8 billion euros in 2008 compared to 32.4 billion euros in 2007. “Since the beginning of the upturn in 2003, bookings have…
Alstom (Paris, France; www.alstom.com) has been awarded a contract worth around 500 million euros by RWE Power AG to supply two cutting-edge boilers for its Eemshaven power plant in the Netherlands. The new hard coal-fired units will provide clean, reliable…