Sustainability
Shell, Schneider Electric and Axens install Europe’s first industrial-scale electric tubular heater at Rheinland refinery
A joint industrial decarbonization project demonstrates how electrification, process technology, and site integration can help reduce direct CO₂ and NOx emissions from refinery heating. Shell plc (London, U.K.), Schneider Electric SE (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Axens S.A. (Rueil-Malmaison, France) have successfully…
Kemira launches iron phosphate pilot plant in Sweden to support battery supply chain
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has started pilot operations for iron phosphate production at its site in Helsingborg, Sweden, marking an important milestone in the company's development of battery materials and to support a more resilient and sustainable battery value chain.…
Yara and Northern Lights inaugurate Europe’s largest industrial carbon capture facility
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) has announced that Europe's largest industrial carbon capture facility was officially inaugurated at Yara's plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands. The project establishes the first complete cross-border value chain for capturing, transporting, and permanently storing CO₂…
Alfa Laval to supply electrolyzer cooling equipment for Moeve green hydrogen project in Spain
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has been selected as the technology provider for electrolyzer cooling equipment for the Onuba H2 project, a flagship initiative within the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley. This milestone project, led by Moeve S.A. (Madrid, Spain), represents…
Uniper signs FEED contracts with AFRY, Carbon Clean, Siemens Energy and Topsoe for NorthStarH2 e-methanol plant
Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany) has signed contracts with AFRY AB (Solna, Sweden), Carbon Clean Ltd. (London, U.K.), Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany), and Topsoe A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark) to begin the next development phase for NorthStarH2, a planned e-methanol production…
Saipem awarded pre-FEED contract for Synhelion’s commercial-scale synthetic fuel plant in Germany
Saipem S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) has been awarded a contract by Synhelion AG (Zurich, Switzerland), a producer of renewable synthetic fuels, to execute the pre-FEED (pre-Front-End Engineering Design) activities for a new commercial-scale synthetic fuel plant to be located at RWE…
Envalior and SECARA to develop circular PA6 pathway from end-of-life vehicle plastics
Envalior B.V. (Düsseldorf, Germany) has announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SECARA (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), a technology scale-up specializing in industrial-scale solutions for closed-loop polymer recycling. Through this collaboration agreement, Envalior will work with SECARA to test and validate…
ABB to supply control technology by Kawasaki for world’s first commercial-scale liquefied hydrogen facility
ABB Ltd (Zurich, Switzerland) has been selected by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) to supply its ABB Ability™ System 800xA® distributed control system (DCS) for the Kawasaki LH2 Terminal in Ogishima, approximately 30 kilometers south of Tokyo, Japan —…
Nobian and Air Products sign long-term offtake agreement for RFNBO-certified hydrogen
Nobian Industrial Chemicals B.V. (Amersfoort, the Netherlands) and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, Pennsylvania), a global leader in industrial gases and the world's largest hydrogen supplier, have signed a long-term agreement for the offtake of RFNBO-compliant, certified hydrogen produced…
Closed-loop battery-recycling facility selected for DOE grant
Princeton NuEnergy Inc. (PNE; Bordentown, New Jersey), a U.S.-based advanced battery materials company pioneering direct recycling technologies, has announced that it has been selected to enter award negotiations for a $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)…