Europe
MOL and Linde Engineering Digitalize Steam Cracker Plant Operations
Linde Engineering GmbH (Pullach, Germany) and MOL Group (Budapest, Hungary) have signed a contract for the digitalization of MOL’s steam-cracker-plant operations at MOL Petrochemicals in Tiszaújváros, Hungary. Linde will deploy its technology and expertise to help MOL optimize the plant…
Air Liquide and BASF welcome support from European Innovation Fund for joint CCS project
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) are planning to develop the world’s largest cross-border carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain. The goal is to significantly reduce CO2 emissions at the industrial cluster in the port…
Synhelion acquires Heliokon
The solar-fuel pioneer Synhelion SA (Lugano, Switzerland) has acquired Heliokon GmbH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), an expert in concentrated solar power (CSP) technology. The acquisition will bring together the two companies’ complementary technologies, allowing Synhelion to offer a complete system for…
Siemens to build one of Europe’s most powerful battery storage facilities
Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Zug, Switzerland) and Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH (ZENOB) signed a letter of intent in Wunsiedel for the turnkey construction of a 100-MW battery storage facility in the German town. The plant, with a storage capacity of 200 MWh,…
Scaling up a recycling process for blended textile fibers
In order to handle the growing volume of waste textile materials, recycling processes must begin significantly scaling up. Lenzing AG (Lenzing, Austria; www.lenzing.com) and Södra (Växjö, Sweden; www.sodra.com) are joining forces to scale up the OnceMore textile-recycling process, which is…
Repsol, Axens and IFPEN develop a new process to boost circular materials production
Repsol (Madrid, Spain), Axens and IFPEN (both Rueil-Malmaison, France) have developed a pioneering and patented process to enhance the chemical recycling of plastic waste and boost circular materials production. The Rewind Mix process removes impurities such as silicon, chlorine, diolefins…
Dow and Shell demonstrate progress in joint technology development for lower CO2 emission crackers
Following announcement of a joint development agreement in June 2020, Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Shell Chemicals (London, U.K.) now report progress on their technology program to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces. This new route has the potential to significantly…
Stamicarbon launches Stami Green Ammonia Technology
Stamicarbon B.V. (Stittard, Netherlands) has launched Stami Green Ammonia Technology as a solution to tackle the global carbon challenge. The technology relies on renewable resources — instead of fossil fuels — to eliminate carbon from the process, paving the way…
Linde Engineering and AGR collaborate on a trendsetting green hydrogen project
Linde Engineering (Pullach, Germany) has won the official bid for the design and construction of an integrated hydrogen fueling station and electrolysis plant for AGR (Abfallentsorgungs-Gesellschaft Ruhrgebiet mbH) in Herten, Germany. The project comprising hydrogen production and high-performance fueling technology…
Haldor Topsoe and Nel to offer end-to-end green ammonia and eMethanol solutions
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and Nel ASA (Oslo, Norway) have entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the intent to offer customers complete renewable electricity to ammonia and methanol solutions. Solutions will be based on globally leading technologies from…