Casale to cut N₂O at Navoiyazot
Uzbek nitric acid producer Navoiyazot JSC has signed a contract with Swiss technology company CASALE SA for a secondary nitrous oxide (N₂O) abatement catalyst system at its plant in Navoiy, Uzbekistan.
Category: Europe
Nel and Rheinmetall team up on synthetic fuels
Norwegian electrolyser manufacturer Nel ASA and German defence and technology group Rheinmetall AG have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore decentralised production of synthetic fuels from renewable hydrogen.
Hydropulse lands 150MW refinery deal
Hydropulse, a subsidiary of UK-based electrolyser manufacturer ITM Power, has signed a preliminary agreement with an unnamed European oil refinery to develop a 150 MW green hydrogen plant.
Casale starts up BorsodChem nitric acid plant in Ostrava
Casale has completed start-up of a 450 t/d weak nitric acid plant for BorsodChem MCHZ in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
UK Energy signs MoU on nuclear to ammonia project
UK Energy Group said in a stock exchange announcement on 14 October that its subsidiary UK Energy Storage had signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UK Nuclear.
ANALYSIS: High gas prices risk long-term impact on European fertiliser industry
High natural gas prices are pushing European fertiliser producers to halt or curtail production, mirroring what seen in 2022 at the start of the Ukraine war.
Perpetual Next, Air Liquide sign syngas-to-methanol deal
Air Liquide has signed a deal with Perpetual Next for the supply of syngas-to-methanol technology for the company’s first biomethanol facility in the Netherlands.
First stone laid at Indian port e-methanol plant
Government and local authorities have laid the first stone of an e-methanol plant in the Indian port of Kandla, Gujarat.
LEGO starts using green methanol
Denmark’s LEGO Group says that it has begun using renewable methanol to make more than separate elements, including cross axles, connectors, steering wheels and Minifigure hands. The announcement is the result of a previous partnership agreement with Novo Nordisk AS and European Energy Partners to support the production of green methanol on an industrial scale.
Yefremovazot looking at new nitrogen plant in Tula
Russia’s Yefremovazot plans to build a chemical production complex in Yefremov in the country’s Tula region, domestic news agency Interfax reported on 5th October. The proposed facility will produce ammonia, urea, monoethylene glycol (MEG) and methanol. The plans were outlined in public consultation documents for a pipeline connecting the site to gas major Gazprom’s domestic […]