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In addition to the transformation towards a climate-neutral chemical industry and the perennial topic of digitalisation, the current global political situation also poses massive challenges for the process industry. Which technologies can be used to achieve defossilisation?
How to secure and enhance regional and global supply chain networks? What hurdles must be overcome in the digitalisation…
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Global water technology company Xylem reported second quarter revenue of $1.4 billion (€1.37 billion).
The company said strong continued global demand drove orders and backlog growth across the portfolio.
Second quarter adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) margin was 16.6% better than the Company’s previous guidance and reflecting a year-over-year…
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German energy services provider EWE is building an underground hydrogen storage facility.
Hydrogen will be stored in a cave around 1,000 metres deep in the salt rock beneath Rüdersdorf, near Berlin.
This will be the first time 100% pure hydrogen will be stored in this way.
EWE aims to study how this environmentally friendly energy carrier called HyCAVmobil (Hydrogen Cavern for Mobility) can…
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Essar Oil, which owns and operates the Stanlow refinery in Ellesmere Port, has signed an agreement with Liverpool John Lennon Airport for the direct supply of aviation fuel.
The new access agreement will allow Essar to supply fuel directly to airlines and marks another step in Essar’s growing aviation fuels business.
The deal brings Essar’s total number of access agreements to six airports…
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NextChem, a subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont, has been awarded a Front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by a market leader in plastics and chemicals for an advanced mechanical recycling plant for municipal plastic waste in Europe.
The aim of the project is to establish an advanced mechanical recycling plant for polyolefins, which shall manufacture products containing up to 100% post-consumer…
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The UK is set for another major heat network after a new Bedfordshire-based project received £16.9 million (€20.1 million) in funding from the Government’s Heat Networks Investment Project.
Vital Energi will deliver the new project which will take waste heat from the Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility and distribute this to nearby homes and commercial buildings.
Nick Gosling, chief…
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TotalEnergies and ADNOC have signed a fuel distribution partnership deal in Egypt, Cairo.
The partnership between has been further strengthened following the signing by ADNOC Distribution of an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt for $200 million (€194 million).
The partnership between TotalEnergies, a leading global multi-energy company, and ADNOC Distribution,…
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Southern Water in the UK is introducing a Temporary Use Ban (TUB) for its customers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to protect these rivers.
One of our region’s driest years for a century and highest ever temperatures have caused a drought that threatens to damage the precious habitats of the River Test and River Itchen.
The extremely hot weather and reduced rainfall alongside…
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Algeria, Nigeria and Niger have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a natural gas pipeline across the Sahara desert.
The three countries agreed in June to revive decades-old talks over the project, a potential opportunity for Europe to diversify its gas sources, Reuters reported.
Algeria's energy minister Mohamed Arkab revealed after the signing ceremony that the three countries will…
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Anglian Water in the UK has submitted proposals for a major pipeline across Lincolnshire to meet future water shortages.
The planned 57 km pipe would move water from North Lincolnshire to the southern part of the county where rainfall is more scarce.
The water company said the pipeline’s importance “cannot be understated” and is “critical in helping us secure water supplies across our…
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Shell Nederland and Shell Overseas Investments have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I.
This facility is set to be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025.
The 200MW electrolyser will be constructed on the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam and will produce up to 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day.
The renewable…
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Clariant announced its second quarter and first half year results where continuing operations sales were CHF $1.301 billion, compared to CHF $1.032 billion in the second quarter of last year.
This corresponded to an increase of 29% in local currency, 25% of which was organic, and 26 % higher sales in Swiss francs.
For the fifth sequential quarter, both pricing and volume growth…
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Clariant catalyst chosen for anhydride plant
Clariant has been awarded a major contract by Wanhua Chemical Group to supply catalysts for its new maleic anhydride plant - one of the largest in the world.
Designed to produce 200 kilotons of maleic anhydride annually, the plant will rely on Clariant’s SynDane catalyst for the production process.
The facility will be located in Yantai city,…
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A joint venture between TotalEnergies and Borealis will result in the start-up of commercial operations of a new ethane cracker.
Bayport Polymers LLC will have an annual production capacity of 1 million tonnes of ethylene.
The $2 billion (€1.98 billion) project built on the site of and operated by the TotalEnergies Refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, represents 14 million hours worked with more…
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Green hydrogen firm Tree Energy Solutions (TES) announced it has successfully concluded its second fundraising round at €65 million.
This new capital will enable TES to accelerate the clean energy transition by building the world’s largest hydrogen projects by 2030.
The fundraising attracted a global investor base comprising leading financial institutions and international energy…
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Morrison Water Services has secured a place on a wastewater multiple supplier framework to deliver services that will help Thames Water meet its performance targets for pollution, flooding and blockages.
The firm, which is part of M Group Services’ Water Division, will be delivering reactive and planned complex works, responding 24/7 to resolve wastewater network failures, where replacement…
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Russia has restarted gas supplies to Europe through its biggest pipeline - Nord Stream I after the completion of a 10-day maintenance break.
There had been growing concerns Moscow would not resume the flow in response to EU sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
The European Commission has urged countries to cut gas use by 15% over the next seven months in case Russia switched off Europe's supply.…
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Clean Power Hydrogen (CPH2) that has developed the Membrane-Free Electrolyser (MFE) has signed its first licence agreement with GHFG.
This is for the construction of two gigawatts of MFE electrolysers over a period of up to 20 years.
GHFG is a joint venture between international renewable independent power producer, Alternus Energy Group Plc and Eric Whelan, CEO of Irish based developer,…
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