Spanish hydrogen technology developer H2SITE has secured €3.4 million ($3.8 million) in funding for its HydraNord Power project in Norway. The project aims to scale to a commercial level the company’s onboard ammonia-to-power system for the maritime sector. HydraNord Power will convert ammonia into high-purity hydrogen directly onboard vessels. The system will produce up to […]
Sojitz Solvadis GmbH, marketer and distributor of basic and specialty chemicals, has acquired 100% of the share capital of France’s Citis SAS and Citis Forming SAS from PLF Ressources. The companies, collectively known as Citis Group, distribute liquid sulphur, provide logistics and storage services, and convert liquid sulphur into solid pastilles and other sulphur products […]
Casale has signed a contract with Neptun Glomfjord Green Ammonia AS (NGGA) for the engineering and supply of a 100 t/d modular green ammonia plant in Glomfjord, Norway. Announced on 23 September 2026, the agreement covers a facility using Casale’s SMART-N™ technology, to be delivered under an engineering, procurement and fabrication (EPF) model. NGGA is […]
Green methanol has begun to be shipped to Austria's OMV from the Solar Park Kasso plant. The plant is operated by a joint venture between Mitsui & Co., Ltd, with a 49% share, and renewable energy company European Energy A/S (51%). The plant, located in Kassø, southern Denmark, was inaugurated on 13 May 2025 and is based on hydrogen derived from solar electricity from the adjacent 304 MW Kassø Solar Park, which is then combined with biogenic CO2 and distilled to 99.9% purity, suitable for combustion engines and plastics production. The plant makes 42,000 t/a of green methanol.
Germany's chemical industry association VCI has warned that continued low water on the Rhine and other inland waterways could force chemical companies to cut production, as Berlin publicly acknowledged the freight squeeze and put a relaxation of the Sunday lorry driving ban up for review.
EuroChem has reportedly suspended operations at its Lifosa phosphate fertilizer plant in Kėdainiai, Lithuania, on the back of high raw material sulphur costs, CRU reported on 10 August.
Cefic has sharpened its warning over the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), saying the European Commission’s July revision proposal could accelerate deindustrialisation despite including some of the changes industry had asked for.
The Council of the EU has adopted a regulation giving member states new tools to support farmers hit by sharply higher fertilizer and input costs linked to the recent crisis in the Middle East.
Belarusian potash fertilisers remain barred from transiting through Lithuania to Klaipėda port under EU sanctions, after the General Court dismissed a challenge from terminal operator Birių Krovinių Terminalas UAB (BKT).
The Ukraine war and associated tariffs and the EU’s carbon pricing system are keeping ammonium nitrate prices high.