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Green Ammonia producer in Australia added.

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Australian company, designing, developing and constructing, as well as owning and operating Green Ammonia production facility in the Norther Territory, Australia.

 #Sustainability #hydrogen 

The chlor-alkali generic membrane process has been updated with all its  potential components (units). All the main chemical products from salt to final products involved in the process have also been added (including PTFE used as a membrane material made from TFE itself coming from Chloroform, a chlorine value chain product). These can now be combined to generate mirrors of existing plants or to create plant projects. 

#chloralkali  #chlorine  #caustic  #causticsoda  #natriumhydroxide  #hydrogen  #electrolysis  #waterelectrolysis  #membranecell  #membranecellprocess  #ptfe  

The descrition of the chlor-alkali process technologies with its three cell techniques has been developped. 

#chloralkali  #chlorine  #caustic  #causticsoda  #natriumhydroxide  #hydrogen  #electrolysis  #waterelectrolysis  #membranecell  #membranecellprocess 

The newly opened ten-MW plant (dark grey containers) in Schwechat produces between five and ten percent of the hydrogen required annually by the OMV Schwechat refinery for its operations.

OMV has successfully started up its landmark 10 megawatt (MW) polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna, marking the largest operational green hydrogen production facility in Austria and a significant step forward in the country’s energy transition. The project, known as UpHy II, is the result of years of collaboration, planning, and investment, and stands as a blueprint for industrial-scale green hydrogen integration in refining.

Project Location and Startup

The electrolyzer is located within OMV’s Schwechat refinery, Austria’s largest petroleum processing facility, strategically positioned to directly supply hydrogen to existing refinery operations. The plant began commercial operation in late 2024, with official announcements and public showcases taking place in spring 2025. Its startup represents not only a technical milestone but also a pioneering achievement in regulatory compliance, as it is among the first green hydrogen projects in Europe to achieve certification under the EU’s Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO) standards.

Capacity and Production

With a total capacity of 10 MW, the electrolyzer can produce up to 1,500 metric tons of green hydrogen annually—equivalent to about 2,000 Nm³ of hydrogen per hour. This output is sufficient to supply 5–10% of the both the Schwechat refinery’s total hydrogen needs (estimated at 15,000–30,000 tons/year), displacing fossil-based hydrogen in refining processes such as hydrodesulfurization. The remaining hydrogen is channeled into mobility applications, such as fueling hydrogen buses and trucks. The hydrogen produced is of high purity (≥99.999%), meeting the strict requirements for both refinery use and mobility (ISO 14687-2 and EN 17124).



Feb 16, 2022 -- UpHy I + II – Upscaling of green hydrogen for mobility and industry, WIVA P&G, Youtube.

Technology and Selectivity

The electrolyzer uses state-of-the-art PEM technology, chosen for its efficiency, flexibility, and ability to respond quickly to fluctuations in renewable power supply. The system consists of four 2.5 MW PEM electrolyzer containers, each capable of producing 500 Nm³/h of hydrogen. Operating at temperatures between 50 and 80°C, the system achieves high system efficiency, ranging from 75% (start of run) to 68% (end of run) at full load. The hydrogen is delivered at 30 bar, reducing the need for additional compression before use in the refinery.

The selectivity of the PEM process ensures that only hydrogen and oxygen are produced, with minimal impurities, making the output suitable for both chemical processes and mobility applications. The facility also includes advanced purification and measurement technologies developed in partnership with HyCentA Research GmbH and V&F Analyse- und Messtechnik GmbH, ensuring compliance with stringent quality standards.



UpHy I + II - Upscaling of green hydrogen for mobility and industry.

Integration in Refining and Mobility

The green hydrogen produced at Schwechat is used to replace fossil-based (“grey”) hydrogen in the Schwechat refinery’s hydroprocessing units, which are essential for producing cleaner fuels and chemicals. This substitution reduces the refinery’s annual CO₂ emissions by up to 15,000 metric tons, equivalent to the carbon footprint of 2,000 people. Additionally, part of the hydrogen is made available for mobility, supporting the operation of hydrogen-powered buses and trucks, with dedicated logistics and filling infrastructure developed as part of the UpHy project.

Future Prospects

The successful operation of the 10 MW electrolyzer serves as a foundation for OMV’s ambitious plans to scale up green hydrogen production. The company has already announced a much larger project: a 140 MW electrolyzer to be built southeast of Vienna, with a target production capacity of 23,000 tons of green hydrogen per year—one of the largest such facilities planned in Europe. These projects are part of OMV’s broader strategy to become a leader in sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials, and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

#omv  #schwechat  #refinery  #hydrogen  #greenhydrogen  #sustainability  #electrolyzer  #greyhydrogen  #hydroprocessing  #austria  #pemelectrolyzer 

HyCentA (Hydrogen Research Center Austria) has been added.


#hydrogen  #greenhydrogen  #electrolysis  #electrolyzer  #sustainability 

Hydraeon alkaline water electrolyser for green hydrogen production has been added.

 

#ineos #membraneelectrolyser  #hydraeonelectrolyser  #greenhydrogen  #emethanol  #alkalinewater  #electrolysis  #hydrogenproduction  #renewableenergy 

INEOS Chlor-Alkali technology with BICHLOR™ membrane electrolyser system has been added.

 

#chloralkali #bichlor  #ineos  #chlorine  #causticsoda  #hydrogen  #electrolyser 

(Photo: Ineos)

Hydrogen Insight, May 15th:

Ineos Electrochemical Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British chemicals conglomerate, has launched a new alkaline electrolyser specifically for green hydrogen projects called “Hydraeon”, based on its existing electrolysis technology used for chlor-alkali plants.

The electrolysers are designed as modular systems for large-scale green H₂ production, with Ineos advertising units with 25MW and 100MW of nameplate capacity.

Hydraeon is also advertised as capable of operating at 10% of its capacity, in response to intermittent renewable power supply.

#hydrogen #chloralkali 

Asahimas Banten factory and its main chemical production facilities with their respective production capacities have been added.


#agc  #asahimas  #chloralkali  #vcm  #vinylchloride  #pvc  #indonesia  #causticsoda  #edc  #chlorine  #hydrogen 

The description of AGC Inc. has been updated, and all 6 chemicals and glass manufacturing plants in Japan have been created.


#agc  #asahiglass  #japan  #chloralkali  #causticsoda  #chlorine  #electrolysis  #hydrogen  

AGC (formerly Asahi Glass) Chlor-Alkali Process has been added.

 

#agc #asahiglass  #chloralkali  #chlorine  #causticsoda  #electrolysis  #hydrogen #japan 

AGC Chlor-Alkali process description has been updated.

 

#agc #asahiglass  #chloralkali  #chlorine  #causticsoda  #electrolysis  #hydrogen #japan 

Goh, Jun Lai, Cheng Yi 

Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to establish the world’s first commercial-scale liquid hydrogen corridor linking Oman to Europe.

The project will enable the export of RFNBO-compliant liquid hydrogen from the Port of Duqm in Oman to the Port of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and the Port of Duisburg in Germany.

Source: Linkedin

#hydrogen 

Tasked to delivery/contribute to sustainability targets of Oman. Subsidiary of Green Energy Oman.

#hydrogen #Sustainability 

Added company, as it operates as an investor in the industry, also renewable #Sustainability #hydrogen 

Project company, implementing renewable/sustainable energy companies.

#hydrogen #Sustainability 

Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) has been added.

#hydrogencycanide  #hcn 

e-Methanol has been added.


#waterelectrolysis  #greenhydrogen  #sustainableco2  #carboncapture  #biogenicco2  #fuelcell  #hydrogen #sustainability 

Refinery Off-Gas (ROG) has been added.

 

#refinery #offgas  #refineryoffgas  #rog  #hydrogen 

The description of the Raffinerie Heide's Hemmingstedt refinery has been updated.


#sustainability  #greenhydrogen  #hydrogenstorage  #emethanol  #cleanfuels  #electrolysis  #westkuste100  #emissions  #co2emissions 

Troll C

Date: February 9, 2025

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has announced a significant shift in its energy strategy, halving its planned investments in renewable energy over the next two years while ramping up oil and gas production.

The company will reduce its renewable energy spending to $5 billion, down from the $10 billion it previously committed, citing rising costs and slower-than-expected progress in low-carbon projects.

Equinor has also revised its 2030 renewable capacity target to 10-12 GW, a reduction from the earlier goal of 12-16 GW. This adjustment comes as the company focuses on "value creation" and shareholder returns.

CEO Anders Opedal emphasized that the decision aligns with market realities, noting that profitability in renewables has not met expectations. Despite these changes, Equinor maintains its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

It plans to continue investing in carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen technologies while reducing emissions from its oil and gas operations. However, the company will now prioritize increasing oil and gas output by 10% through 2027, leveraging its assets on the Norwegian continental shelf and other key projects like the Johan Sverdrup oil field to produce 2.2mn barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2030.

This strategic pivot reflects broader industry trends as major energy companies, including BP and Shell, scale back renewable ambitions amid economic pressures and geopolitical uncertainties.

While Equinor's move is expected to bolster cash flow and shareholder value, it raises questions about the pace of the global energy transition and the challenges of balancing profitability with sustainability goals.

#energytransition  #renewableenergy  #oilandgas  #equinor  #hydrogen #carbonecapture  #ccs  #greenhydrogen #Sustainability 

Photos:
▪️ Guangxi Petrochemical's 1.2 million tons/year ethylene cracking unit cracking furnace hoisting operation.
▪️ Builders carry out pipeline welding operations at the 50,000 tons/year hexene-1 unit.
▪️ Builders carried out modular pipeline gallery hoisting operations at the 270,000/600,000 ton/year propylene oxide co-production styrene unit.

Guangxi Petrochemical Refining and Chemical Integration Transformation and Upgrading Project Construction Progress Exceeds Halfway

China Petroleum News | 2024-11-27 16:04 | Beijing

On November 22, the 80-meter-high, 3,200-ton 1.2 million tons/year ethylene cracking unit cracking gas furnace module was in place.

On November 21, the last spherical tank in the chemical pressure tank area was successfully capped. On November 20, all towers of the 50,000 tons/year hexene-1 unit were hoisted.

On November 14, the installation of four modules of the cracked gasoline hydrogenation unit was completed...

Entering November, the Guangxi Petrochemical Refining and Chemical Integration Transformation and Upgrading Project has been successful, and many installation tasks have been completed according to the nodes. At present, the overall progress of the project has been completed by 62.81%, and the construction progress has exceeded half.

In order to improve the project construction progress and ensure the quality and inherent safety of the project, the Guangxi Petrochemical Refining and Chemical Integration Transformation and Upgrading Project strictly implemented the group company's "six-in-one" construction concept at the beginning of the design, and made the construction safer, more efficient and reliable through factory prefabrication and modular construction. In order to further promote factory prefabrication and modular construction, Guangxi Petrochemical has built "second construction sites" of varying sizes near the project construction site in accordance with local conditions - prefabrication yards, of which there are 8 pipeline prefabrication yards alone. The factory prefabrication rate of the steel structure of this project exceeds 95%, and with the concept of deepening factory prefabrication and modular construction, the operating efficiency has been greatly improved, the workload and safety risks on the construction site have been greatly reduced, and civilized construction on site has been further promoted.

#cnpc  #petrochina  #guangxi  #petrochemical  #ethylene  #steamcracker  #hexene  #gasoline  #hydrogenation  #china 

Brussels, Apr 26, 2023, Solvay to supply technology license for hydrogen peroxide mega-plant in China

Under the license, the Group will provide GHCAC with high-productivity hydrogen peroxide technology, a comprehensive process design package and operating expertise.

Solvay, a global market leader in specialty chemicals, has signed a license agreement with Guangxi Chlor-Alkali Chemical (GHCAC), which will enable the Chinese partner to build and operate a hydrogen peroxide megaplant at Qinzhou (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) designed to support its 300 kilotons propylene oxide (PO) production and other units on site.

Under this license, Solvay will provide its proprietary hydrogen peroxide mega-scale, high productivity process technology to GHCAC, including a dedicated process design package, operating expertise and a range of services to ensure the optimized and reliable production of the new megaplant. In addition, the company will also supply GHCAC with proprietary 2-amylanthraquinone (AQ), the key chemical contributing to the high productivity and
environmentally-friendly chemical processes of Solvay’s megaplant technology.

It has been further agreed that Solvay will have a hydrogen peroxide offtake after the megaplant starts up. This will support the strategic growth of Solvay’s hydrogen peroxide business in China, in particular in the southern area.

The propylene oxide is a versatile chemical intermediate for a wide range of materials in many industrial and commercial market segments, including polyurethanes, propylene glycol ethers and propoxylated organic specialty compounds.


#hpo  #hydrogenperoxide  #solvay  #qinzhou  #china  #guangxi  #huayi  #chloralkali

With a total investment of 27.8 billion yuan, a new million-ton ethylene project was launched.

2024-10-22, Source

The total investment of Luoyang Petrochemical's million-ton ethylene project is 27.8 billion yuan, mainly to build 13 sets of process production units such as 1 million tons/year ethylene, and implement oil refining adaptability transformation at the same time.

On December 22, 2023, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation and Henan Shenma Guoxing Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. signed an investment cooperation intention agreement. The two parties will jointly invest to establish a joint venture to jointly build the Luoyang Petrochemical million-ton ethylene project and create a first-class green petrochemical advanced materials industry base in China.

On September 12, 2024, Sinopec Group approved the basic design of Luoyang Petrochemical's million-ton ethylene project, marking that the Luoyang Petrochemical's million-ton ethylene project will enter the full construction stage.

The construction content of Luoyang Petrochemical Million Tons of Ethylene Project includes the construction of:
°a new 1 million tons/year ethylene unit,
°a 600,000 tons/year cracking gasoline hydrogenation unit,
°a 400,000 tons/year aromatics extraction unit,
°a 300,000 tons/year m-LLDPE unit,
°a 350,000 tons/year HDPE unit, and
°a 350,000 tons/year #3  polypropylene unit.

The project is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in December 2025.

After the project is put into production, it can sell about 3 million tons of various chemical products each year, increase the output value by 20 billion yuan, drive more than 160 billion yuan of downstream industrial chain investment, and form an industrial cluster of "hundreds of billions of investment and 10,000 jobs.

#luoyang  #petrochemical  #cpcc  #sinopec  #ethylene  #steamcracker  #hdpe  #lldpe  #polypropylene  #polyethylene  #gasoline  #pygas  #hydrogenation  #china  #henan

Jianghan Salt Chemical Fine Chemical and Supporting Engineering Project Started to Promote the Development of Hubei Salt Chemical Industry Cluster

Hubei Daily 2024-09-20 18:31:05

Hubei Daily News (Reporter Huang Lu, Correspondents Sun Yilin and Feng Jun) On September 20, Qianjiang held a concentrated start-up event for major projects in the third quarter of 2024, among which the Jianghan Salt Chemical Fine Chemicals and Supporting Engineering Project with a total investment of 10.8 billion yuan was announced to start construction.

The Jianghan Salt Chemical Fine Chemical and Supporting Engineering Project is located in Wangchang Park, Qianjiang High-tech Zone, and is invested and constructed by Jianghan Salt Chemical, the world's largest chlorine-containing disinfectant manufacturer. The project will further expand the basic scale of Jianghan Salt Chemical, and the park's steam, liquid alkali, chlorine and hydrogen supply capacity will be more sufficient; the newly built 30,000 tons/year bleaching powder concentrate unit will refine the characteristic business of Jianghan Salt Chemical, increase the international market supply of bleaching powder concentrate, and effectively increase the market share; the newly built 50,000 tons/year chlorinated polyethylene (CPE) unit will extend the Jianghan Salt Chemical industry chain, enrich the product variety, and initially show diversified development. After the project is completed and put into production, it is expected to have an average annual operating income of about 7.7 billion yuan, directly creating more than 1,200 jobs.

"Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry utilizes abundant brine resources to build fine chemicals and supporting projects, which will help the development of Hubei's salt chemical industry cluster." A relevant person in charge of Qianjiang Municipal Development and Reform Commission introduced that Hubei Province has formed a strategy of relying on Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry, making full use of its basic chemical raw materials such as chlorine, hydrogen, caustic soda, attracting domestic leading companies in the same industry with high industrial correlation to enter the park, extending the salt chemical industry chain, and developing a circular economy.

#china  #qianjiang  #hubei   #jianghan  #saltchemical  #chloralkali   #chlorine  #hydrogen  #causticsoda  #hydrogen 

Credit: hbtv news

July 16, 2024 21:34 Source: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Author: Xie Jiang, Xie Hui, Zhang Jinfeng

Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry leverages its own brine resource advantages to extend the salt chemical industry chain and provide high-quality raw materials for park enterprises.

Sinopec Jianghan Salt Chemical Hubei Co., Ltd. (Jianghan Salt Chemical for short) combines its own advantages in resources, technology and products with the local government's preferential policies for attracting investment, attracting leading enterprises in the industry to set up factories nearby, forming the Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park with upstream and downstream integration. So far, three major industrial areas have been built in the Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park, namely the New Chemical Industrial Park, Changfei Qianjiang Science and Technology Park and Qianjiang Microelectronics Industrial Park, with a total of 26 companies settled in. In 2022, the total sales of Jianghan Salt Chemical's products in the Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park will exceed 200 million yuan, setting a historical record.

Expanding sales channels for salt chemical by-products

"Qianjiang City vigorously promotes the construction of Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park. It is urgently needed for the salt chemical industry to further improve resource-based products and services such as chlorine, hydrogen, and steam to drive and promote regional economic development. At present, the 'implementation of salt chemical fine chemicals and supporting projects' has been written into the 2023 government work report. The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have also provided us with a good development environment for strengthening, optimizing and expanding the salt chemical industry." At the beginning of the year, Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry held a staff representative meeting to conduct a serious analysis of the development environment.

Brine resources are unique to Jianghan Oilfield and stand out in the Sinopec system. Sinopec Jianghan Oilfield salt rock resources are buried 1,000 to 3,000 meters underground, with a thickness of more than 2,000 meters. Jianghan Salt Chemical is a comprehensive chemical enterprise built by Jianghan Oilfield using underground brine resources. Brine is extracted from underground and transported to Jianghan Salt Chemical through pipelines. While producing refined salt and edible salt, it electrolyzes brine to produce chlorine, caustic soda, hydrogen and other salt chemical by-products, which are sold as chemical raw materials and fuels.

The sales of these salt chemical byproducts once troubled them. Take hydrogen as an example. When the plant was built, the annual output was only a few hundred tons. Due to the limitations of transportation volume and radius, and insufficient market development, most of the hydrogen was directly discharged, except for a small part of it compressed into steel cylinders for export. With the development of salt chemical industry over the years, the scale of production equipment has been continuously expanded. The annual output of chlor-alkali equipment has reached 200,000 tons, and the annual output of hydrogen has reached 5,000 tons.

Integrated industrial chain attracts enterprises to settle in

Over the past decade, with the implementation of the country's "Broadband China" strategy, the demand for optical fiber preforms has continued to grow, the demand for hydrogen needed to make optical fiber has increased sharply, and related industries have developed rapidly.

Changfei Optical Fiber Company is the world's leading supplier of optical fiber preforms, optical fibers and optical cables. Optical fiber manufacturing consumes a large amount of hydrogen, caustic soda and chlorine. In 2015, Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry took the initiative to connect with the company. After the company settled in, optical fiber giants such as Japan's Shin-Etsu and France's Air Liquide settled here. Around these optical fiber companies, the first industrial area in Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park, Changfei Qianjiang Science and Technology Park, was born.

"What attracted us is the complete integrated industrial chain here," said Song Xianjun, director of the management committee of the Changfei Qianjiang Science and Technology Park. Hydrogen is a flammable and explosive gas that is inconvenient to transport over long distances. Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry has greatly reduced transportation risks through pipeline transportation and effectively reduced the production costs of enterprises, thus attracting many high-tech enterprises to settle here.

In addition to hydrogen, other salt chemical byproducts such as caustic soda and steam have also found stable sales channels in the park. Pipelines like silver dragons fly in the air, winding from Jianghan Salt Chemical to the Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park across the river, connecting with many world-renowned optical fiber manufacturers.

In addition to the advantages of the industrial chain, the park's powerful resource recycling system also attracts enterprises. How to deal with the large amount of high-salt wastewater in production is a major problem faced by enterprises. "The extraction of brine from underground requires a large amount of fresh water. We repeatedly treat the wastewater to meet the use standards and then use it for brine extraction. This not only solves the wastewater treatment problem of enterprises in the industrial park, but also reduces the use of fresh water." said Chen Xufeng, deputy director of the Safety and Environmental Protection Department of Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry.

In addition, the waste liquid dilute hydrochloric acid produced in the production of YOFC is recycled by Jianghan Salt Chemical through pipelines, reacting with the by-product liquid produced by the bleaching powder concentrate device to release chlorine, which is then dehydrated and pressurized to become commercial chlorine. Through this process, the company can produce 22 tons of chlorine per day, thus realizing the reuse of by-products.

Provide high-quality raw materials for enterprises in the park

Today, several by-products of Jianghan Salt Chemical Industry have gone from being "useless" to "hot", with sales exceeding 50 million yuan in 2022. Among them, chlorine is mainly supplied to enterprises in the park to produce silicon tetrachloride; hydrogen, after purification, is used as raw materials together with caustic soda, steam, silicon tetrachloride, etc. to manufacture optical fiber preforms; sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, etc. are used as raw materials to manufacture photoresist cleaning fluid.

In order to provide high-quality raw materials to enterprises in the park, Jianghan Salt Chemical Company maintains close communication with important customers, downstream enterprises in the park, and various operation departments, rationally allocates resources, and ensures the balance of large systems, with a focus on the balance of the chlor-alkali hydrogen system, the balance of the water system, and the balance of the steam system, in order to ensure the balance of the park and high-load operation of production equipment.

"The production of chip-grade high-purity hydrogen peroxide requires steam to maintain a constant temperature and humidity in the production plant, and it participates in heat exchange, heating or product drying in the process," said a relevant person in charge of a microelectronics materials company.

For many years, chip-grade high-purity hydrogen peroxide has been a "bottleneck" process material for the semiconductor industry. With the first phase of Jingrui (Hubei) Microelectronics Materials Co., Ltd. put into production in Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park, the stable and high-quality steam supply in the park has effectively guaranteed the smooth operation of the high-purity hydrogen peroxide production equipment, breaking the foreign monopoly of chip-grade high-purity hydrogen peroxide production technology and realizing the localization of chip-grade high-purity hydrogen peroxide.

At present, the products of upstream and downstream enterprises in the park complement each other, forming a mutually beneficial and win-win development model with Jianghan Salt Chemical as the leader, close connection between the beginning and the end, sharing of corporate resources, and recycling of materials, with a complete industrial chain and high economic efficiency.

After years of development, the park has shown a good trend of concentrated development and has achieved four world firsts, namely, the world's largest optical fiber preform production base, the optical fiber industry cluster with the most complete global industrial chain, the world's largest gas-melting quartz material production base, and the world's largest optical fiber supporting quartz material production base. It has formed the world's most complete rod fiber industry chain in Qianjiang City, changing the development pattern of Qianjiang City's single industrial structure and heavy type. Because there are many world-renowned optical fiber production companies in Jianghan Salt Chemical Industrial Park, Wangchang Town where the industrial park is located has also gained the reputation of "Optical Fiber Town".

In 2022, as more companies settled in the park, Jianghan Salt Chemical accelerated the renewal and upgrading of its equipment. On November 18, 2022, the 100,000 tons/year electrolysis equipment renewal and technical transformation project (50,000 tons of electrolytic cells in advance) was successfully put into operation. After the project is fully put into use, it can increase hydrogen production by 2,500 tons per year, further meet the production needs of downstream companies, and empower the development of the park.

#sinopec #china  #salchemical  #qianjiang  #jianghan  #chloralkali  #causticsoda  #hydrogen  #

Technology to produce methanol from syngas has been added.


#hydrogen  #co  #carbonmonoxide  #syngas  #methanol  #hydrogenation  #co2  

HPPO plant, propylene oxide production and imports of naphtha and hydrogen peroxide have been added.


#basf  #antwerp  #belgium  #propyleneoxide  #hydrogenperoxide  #propylene  #ethylene  #hppo  #steamcracker  #naphtha 

Description of the HPPO process has been update.


#hppo  #propyleneoxide  #propylene  #hydrogenperoxide  #dow  #basf 

Juzhengyuan Technology Co., Ltd. (Grand Resource) in DongGuang,  China has been fully modelled. The site converts propane into 1.2 million tonnes of propylene and 50,000 tonnes of hydrogen; the propylene is further converted into 1.2 million tonnes of polypropylene. Technologies employed are Catofin PDH from Lummus and Unipol PP from W.R. Grace.

#propane  #dehydrogenation  #pdh  #propylene  #polypropylene  #grandresource  #juzhengyuan  #dongguan  #hydrogen 

Francesco Sassi, 21 Oct 2024, eklipX Research

Spanish energy giant Repsol is freezing the development of all major hydrogen assets in the country, says the company.
After international companies cancelled their plans to export hydrogen from Norway to Germany, this is another alarming sign for the industry in the E.U.
According to Repsol, the world-renowned Oil & Gas Spanish giant, has halted all developments of green hydrogen projects in Spain with a large electrolysis capacity, namely over 350 MW. The company says that the existing regulations in Spain are at the root of this decision.
From Repsol's perspective, the current political discussion about possible windfall taxes on energy companies and banks to be confirmed in the long term makes these investments simply too risky.  Spain is one of the few E.U. countries to still apply a windfall profit tax to fund relief measures for consumers. In 2023, the levy granted Madrid additional €2.9 billion going into the State's coffers.
At the end of 2023, the same government extended the measure for 12 months, allowing companies to partially offset the levy on renewable energy projects. Now, the tensions between the State & Market stakeholders are rising due to the proposal of extending the windfall tax in the future.
Thus, we should understand Repsol's decision in the contexts of growing, domestic political frictions, and the instability of the hydrogen market in the E.U.

#oilandgas  #crudeoil  #naturalgas  #hydrogen  #greenhydrogen  #electrolysis  #repsol  #spain  #eu  #pipeline 

Hydrogen Fluoride has been added.

#HF #hydrogenfluoride 

Hydrochloric Acid (aqueous  Hydrogen Chloride solution) has been added.

#hydrochloricacid #hydrogenchloride  #hcl  #chloralkali 

A completed LNG heat exchanger manufactured at Air Products' Port Manatee facility is being loaded on a carrier at the Port of Manatee for shipment to the customer.

On 10 July 2024, Honeywell and Air Products jointly announced today that Honeywell has agreed to acquire Air Products’ liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment business for $1.81 billion in an all-cash transaction. This represents approximately 13x estimated 2024 EBITDA.

Air Products’ LNG Business has approximately 475 employees with headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania and a 390,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Port Manatee, Florida, where all sizes of CWHEs are made.

Currently, Honeywell provides a pre-treatment solution serving LNG customers globally. Air Products’ complementary LNG process technology and equipment business consists of a comprehensive portfolio, including in-house design and manufacturing of coil-wound heat exchangers (CWHE) and related equipment. CWHEs provide the highest throughput of natural gas in a single exchanger with a small footprint and robust, reliable and safe operations both onshore and offshore.

Air Products continues to focus on its two-pillar strategy to grow and invest in its industrial gas business and drive the energy transition through clean hydrogen at scale.

#lng  #hydrogen  #greenhydrogen  #bluehydrogen  #liquifaction  #naturalgas  #airproducts  #honeywell 

After halting work on biofuel plant in Rotterdam, 🇳🇱 The Netherlands, and booking a $1bn write down, Shell has also pulled out of e-SAF project planned with state-owned 🇸🇪 Swedish power utility company Vattenfall.

“Vattenfall and Shell have decided to pause their collaboration in the HySkies electrofuel project while Vattenfall continues the search for new partners,” said Vattenfall in a statement.

The joint project, with the planned capex of €780m ($845m), was launched in 2021 with initial plans to produce 82,000 tonnes of e-SAF and 9,000 tonnes of renewable diesel per annum. The project envisaged the use of hydrogen from 200MW electrolysis plant, biogenic CO2 captured from a waste-to-energy plant and sustainable ethanol as feedstocks at the site.

It was due to begin operations in March of 2027.

On the other hand, the company said that it will also not avail financial support via the EU Innovation Fund, considering it is infeasible for the project to succeed within the framework of that agreement and aiming to free up funds for others to use in their ambitions to decarbonise.

Vattenfall-Shell e-SAF project was awarded €80.2mn ($87mn) grant in January 2023.

#saf  #hefa  #hefa -spk #aviationfuel  #renewablediesel  #sustainableaviationfuel  #shell  #vattenfall  #electrolysis  #hydrogen  #greenhydrogen  #carboncapture  #ccu  #ethanol  #bioethanol 

Source: Fayaz Hussain, 8^th July 2024, SAF Investor

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#Sustainability #hydrogen  #refining 

An aerial view of the Port of Sines. Photo: Port of Sines

H2Sines.Rdam, a proposed 400MW green hydrogen project in Portugal, aiming at shipping liquid hydrogen from Portugal to the Netherlands, has been cancelled despite being in line for a multi-million-euro grant from the E.U. Innovation Fund.

The cancellation is justified by a lack of market and clear regulations for the project. An assessment by Shell concluded that the project was no economically viable. One main deterrent is the lack of ships with sufficient liquid hydrogen carrying capacity.  

The project partners Engie, Shell, storage tank company Vopak and shipping firm Anthony Veder decided to terminate the project in October 2023.

Source: Hydrogeninsights, 5^th Apr 2024

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Decarbonizing Refining: TotalEnergies Launches a Call for Tenders for the Supply of 500,000 tons per year of Green Hydrogen

#hydrogen #decarbonization 

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ExxonMobil and Honeywell UOP are partnering to reduce emissions using carbon capture technologies at ExxonMobil’s new low-carbon hydrogen production facility in Baytown, Texas.

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(21) Reducing emissions with Honeywell UOP | ExxonMobil - YouTube

'World's largest' blue hydrogen-based ammonia project shelved due to increased costs and lack of market

Fertiliser giant Nutrien has put the plant in Geismar, Louisiana, on hold after announcing it only last year

Polly Martin, 11^th Aug 2023

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Hydrogen hype is creating new opportunities in many places

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"bp is transitioning its former oil refinery site into an energy hub. Subject to internal and Government approvals, the new hub plans to produce and supply renewable fuels and energy products to support our net zero ambitions."

Kwinana Energy Hub | Who we are | Home (bp.com)

Sinopec announced the first green #hydrogen production from using solar power to electrolysis water.

Sinopec's first green hydrogen plant in Xinjiang starts production: Report (channelnewsasia.com)

Electrolyser Installation #hydrogen 

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Part of a wider H2 Network for RWE #hydrogen 

Created, as the company is creating Hydrogen capacities #hydrogen 

Also investor in Bio-Refinery and Hydrogen projects. #refining  #hydrogen 

Major Bio-Refinery and Hydrogen project. #refining  #hydrogen 

Partner in Hydrogen Project Varennes Carbon. #hydrogen 

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Generic #greenammonia  Process has been created. #hydrogen  #greenhydrogen  #haberbosch  #electrolysis  #airseparationunit  #asu 

Operation is developing with Norwegian-Government support #hydrogen  projects.

Final Details on the partnership need to be confirmed. Another Integrated Energy company creating an Investment company to pursue activities in the Low Carbon area. #hydrogen 

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Investor in in low carbon projects, like partnering with Sasol. #hydrogen 

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Playing a role in green projects through its investment in Scatec ASA. #hydrogen 

Created following the announcement of a green #hydrogen  / #ammonia  project in Egy.

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Company is investor in #hydrogen  and #ammonia  projects

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Mega project for Oman, to produce #hydrogen , #ammonia  in Oman.

created for #hydrogen  / #ammonia  project in Oman

Using highlevel information from website for production of Green Ammonia from Solar/Wind #hydrogen  #ammonia 

Investor in a #hydrogen  project in Oman.

Developing projects in Oman #hydrogen 

Crude oil partial oxidation is actually a gasification process converting heavy feedstock (coal, coke, petcoke fuel oil and others) into #syngas  making approximately equivalent molar amounts of #carbonmonoxide  and #hydrogen .

Carbon Monoxide Process via Crude Oil Partial Oxidation as described on the Lotte Ineos website has been created. The Process makes #syngas  that is separated in #carbonmonoxide  and #hydrogen . Since the owner of the Process and Process details cannot be identified, it is assigned a generic status.

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Company producing Acetic Acid, VAM and #hydrogen . Very good process details.

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Shell announced a proposal to build a large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its Scotford Complex near Edmonton. This would be a key step in transforming Scotford into one of five energy and chemicals parks for Shell around the world, providing customers with lower-carbon fuels and products into the future, such as #hydrogen .

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This calculator is used for calculating the GHG emissions associated with hydrogen production from a particular production pathway and determining likely compliance of that pathway with the Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard. It covers hydrogen production pathways within the current scope of the Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard. #hydrogen 

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Requires further modelling. Project to be completed in 2023. #ammonia  #hydrogen 

This project will enable in time the supply to TotalEnergies by Air Liquide of low-carbon #hydrogen  by relying on Air Liquide's hydrogen network in Normandy and the implementation of a large-scale CO2 capture and storage solution (CCS).

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INEOS Secures €3.5 billion financing for project one – The greenest cracker in Europe. The new cracker located in Antwerp will have the lowest carbon footprint of all European crackers, five times better than the worst in Europe and two times better than the best. The plant is designed to use low carbon #hydrogen . As soon as enough becomes available, the cracker will have a zero carbon footprint.

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Heide Refinery is a part of the Westküste100 project: Production of green #hydrogen  and feed of methanol via methanol synthesis.

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Subsidiary of the French ENGIE Group set up #hydrogen 

Part of the Engie Group #hydrogen 

Largest storage operator in the UK (subsidiary of Engie) #hydrogen 

Technip Energies, leader of a consortium with Monford Group, has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract by Yuri Operations Pty Ltd, to develop Project Yuri Phase 0 project which is a green hydrogen plant in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. #hydrogen 

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Introduction to Project #hydrogen 

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Scheduled for completion in 2024. #hydrogen 

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Major investment for #hydrogen  production. Currently only SPV, needs to be monitored.

Created initially for their #hydrogen  investment in Australia.

Created ENGIE corporation and entity. Is becoming a major #hydrogen  producer

The Fuel Gas produced by the Steam Cracker is Hydrogen-rich (84 vol% #hydrogen , 15 vol% #Methane, <1 vol% other) separated from the Components with two Carbon Atoms is sent to the Furnaces and Steam boilers to power the Steam-Cracker. As it is a low Carbon Fuel the level of Carbon Emissions are comparatively reduced. CO2 Emissions are now captured in the Mass Balance Model.

see image on website #hydrogen 

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Entity created to also model shareholding in Fertiglobe UAE #hydrogen