Britain's National Grid revealed it will sell a 60% stake in its British gas transmission and metering business to Australia's Macquarie Asset Management and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation. Macquarie said its investment will ensure the transmission system will play a leading role in delivering the UK's net-zero by 2050 target by supporting hydrogen's... [Read More]

UK-based green hydrogen tech firm CPH2 has entered into a purchase order with AFCryo for its membrane-free electrolyser (MFE). The order is for the New Zealand-based manufacturer of composite cryostats and cryogenic cooling systems. The sale of the 1MW MFE220 electrolyser unit will see it delivered in early 2023. This is the second 1MW electrolyser unit that AFCryo... [Read More]

A materials upgrade performed by Celeros Flow Technology (Celeros FT) has prevented repeated pump failures at an oil refinery in the US - delivering a return on investment (ROI) of less than one year. The Celeros FT team was called in to investigate the cause of repeated failures of the casings and casing covers on the refinery’s OH2 pumps in boiler feed water service.... [Read More]

Neste and the Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) have signed an agreement for the clean hydrogen project (SHARC) in Finland. Neste has closed the grant agreement process with CINEA and the European Commission, following the earlier announced EU Innovation Fund grant decision of €88 million to Neste’s clean hydrogen project at its Porvoo... [Read More]

American Petroleum Institute (API) president and CEO Mike Sommers has responded to the announcement by President Biden about increasing US liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to Europe. President Biden and the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen want to establish a joint task force to help increase exports to Europe and reduce their dependency on Russian... [Read More]

TotalEnergies has unveiled a 3D industrial pilot to demonstrate an innovative process for capturing CO2 at ArcelorMittal’s Dunkirk site. With support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, the project aims to validate replicable technical solutions for carbon capture. The project, driven by a consortium including TotalEnergies,... [Read More]

Marine pump specialist Svanehøj is experiencing a significant increase in orders for deepwell fuel pumps. A large new order from Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding highlighted the significant LNG pump potential in the ocean-going vessel segments. Orders for dual-fuel LNG vessels broke records in 2021 with a total of 240 ships globally. The Danish marine pump specialist... [Read More]

Semcon is supporting Norwegian Hystar to develop their new electrolyser technology for the production of green hydrogen. The aim is to produce up to 150% more hydrogen without using more energy than in conventional processes today. The project is now being expanded and Semcon is providing more expertise in order to automate the production of electrolyser stacks, which... [Read More]

HITA has selected global software and technology leader Emerson as a key technology provider in the discovery and development of geothermal energy sources in Northern Belgium. Emerson’s geological and reservoir modeling software will help reduce risk in selecting locations for renewable geothermal energy projects for the deep geothermal energy company in Belgium, increasing... [Read More]

MAN Energy Solutions will invest up to €500 million in its subsidiary H-TEC SYSTEMS to transform the hydrogen specialist into a mass-producer of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysers. H-TEC SYSTEMS are already successful on the market with solutions for the electrolysis of hydrogen. “Our plan is clear,” said Uwe Lauber, CEO of MAN Energy Solutions. “We... [Read More]

Atlas Copco has agreed to acquire Pumpenfabrik Wangen, a German manufacturer of progressive cavity pumps used for transferring fluids mainly in the biogas and wastewater sectors. The company also manufactures twin-screw pumps used in sectors like food and beverage and cosmetics. Pumpenfabrik Wangen is based in Wangen, Germany and has manufacturing facilities in the... [Read More]

Yorkshire Water’s new £50 million (€59 million) recycling facility has installed a digester mixing system by Landia. By using this mixing system, the Huddersfield Energy and Recycling Facility ensures that total gas production can reach its anticipated 22,192 normal cubic metres (Nm3) per day. Two CHP engines produce peak electrical output of 2,390 kWh and a thermal... [Read More]

Essar Oil UK, a leading UK-focused downstream energy company, has announced plans to install a new £45 million (€53 million) furnace at Stanlow that’s capable of using hydrogen as its fuel source - a UK first. This marks another significant milestone in Essar’s continued commitment to becoming the UK’s first low carbon refinery. It follows the launch of Vertex... [Read More]

Kent has been awarded engineering work for the V Net Zero (VNZ) Project by Harbour Energy - the UK’s largest independent oil and gas company. The project will store CO2 from the Immingham SuperPlace, located in the Humber region, the UK’s most energy-intensive industrial area, and could help decarbonise more than 50% of the area’s industrial emissions. John Kent,... [Read More]

Elkem has secured 100% ownership of the Elkem Salten energy recovery plant, after acquiring the remaining 50% stake from Kvitebjørn Energi. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre opened the new energy recovery plant at Elkem Salten in the northern part of Norway last November. The energy recovery plant is closely integrated with the silicon production process at Elkem Salten,... [Read More]

Shell has started operations at a new power-to-hydrogen electrolyser in China. The operation in Zhangjiakou is a joint venture between Shell China and Zhangjiakou City Transport Construction Investment Holding Group. The plant, one of the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysers, has started production of green hydrogen. The electrolyser will provide about half of the... [Read More]