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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 

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 

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 

thyssenkrupp nucera chlor-alkali technology has been added.


#thyssenkrupp  #nucera  #chloralkali  #chlorine  #electrolysis  #electrolyzer  #caustic 

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


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

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 

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