Hydrogen (4368-28-9) in Europe

The PDH plant will have a targeted production capacity of 750,000 tonne per year, making it one of the largest and most efficient facilities in the world. The Borealis Kallo location was selected due to its excellent logistical position, its experience in propylene production and handling and the synergies with the existing PDH unit.

11 June 2018

Ercros will undertake a third expansion of the chlorine production plant in Vila-seca I

Ercros undertakes a new expansion of the capacity of the chlorine and caustic soda production plant in the Vila-seca I factory that will optimize the use of existing equipment and facilities associated with membrane technology.

2 May 2018

Asahi Kasei Europe starts hydrogen demonstration project in Herten, Germany

Asahi Kasei Europe started a demonstration project for the production of green hydrogen at the Hydrogen Competence Center h2herten in Herten, Germany. The project will transform simulated electric power from wind energy into hydrogen and contribute to the development of a green hydrogen production system.

17 April 2018

Antwerp: Air Liquide signs a new long-term contract with Covestro and invests 80 million euro in Hydrogen production

Air Liquide will invest 80 million euros in the construction of a "new generation" hydrogen production unit. This state-of-the-art plant will be fitted with a new Air Liquide proprietary technology that improves energy efficiency and the overall environmental footprint of the production process.

23 January 2018

Shell and ITM to develop large-scale hydrogen production project at Rhineland refinery, Germany

The world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant is set to be built in Germany. The plant will be built at a refinery in Rhineland, Germany, by ITM Power, a leading developer of fuel cells, and Shell.

3 January 2018

Borealis Selects Jacobs to Conduct Engineering Study for Chemical Plant in Belgium

Proposed plant would be one of the largest in the world with annual capacity of 740 kilotons

29 October 2017

Borealis to proceed to next phase for new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation plant in Belgium

Borealis announces that it will move to the FEED-phase for a new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant. The facility is planned to be located at the existing Borealis production site in Kallo, Belgium.

27 October 2017

Caloric builds pilot & demonstration plant for electrochaea’s innovative biomethanation process

CALORIC has won the international tender for engineering and construction of a biomethanation pilot & demonstration plant in Solothurn, Switzerland. For the methanation of carbon dioxide and hydrogen, microorganisms are used as biocatalyst.

7 July 2017

Statoil, Vattenfall and Gasunie are evaluating conversion of natural gas to hydrogen

Statoil, Vattenfall and Gasunie have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to evaluate the possibilities of converting Vattenfall’s gas power plant Magnum in the Netherlands into a hydrogen-powered plant. The potential CO2 emission reduction is 4 million tons of CO2 per year. This is equivalent to emissions from more than 2 million cars.

13 June 2017

Nel ASA enters into exclusive NOK 450 million industrial-scale power-to-gas framework agreement with H2V PRODUCT

Nel announced today it has entered a framework agreement with H2V PRODUCT for the design, construction and maintenance of industrial-scale turnkey renewable hydrogen production plants.The first 100 MW hydrogen plant represents a contract value of approximately NOK 450 million, increasing to a minimum of around NOK 3 150 million for six other H2V PRODUCT plants (total of 700 MW) in France.

7 June 2017

H2V Product invests in a green power-to-gas production plant in Port-Jérôme, 180 jobs wil be created by 2022

H2V Product, a Samfi-Invest owned company based in Paris and focused on electricity generation, will begin its "green" hydrogen production plant in Port-Jérôme. H2V Product plans to build another 7 units of this type in France. A global project of 3.5 billion euros and 16,000 jobs.

17 April 2015

Air Liquide starts up a large hydrogen production unit in Germany

Air Liquide start-up ceremony for new, state-of-the-art Steam Methane Reformer (SMR)1 unit located in the Chempark Dormagen

10 April 2015

Tessenderlo Group invests € 50 million at its PC Loos site

The bulk of the investment will be spent on the construction of a new membrane technology based production plant, to replace the existing mercury electrolysis.

12 November 2014

Woikoski Ltd´s new hydrogen plant inaugurated in Kokkola

Woikoski and CTS Engtec in cooperation in Kokkola, Finland. Hydrogen is needed for mobile phones and laptops, in the manufacture of batteries.

6 May 2014

AkzoNobel opens new highly energy efficient membrane electrolysis plant in the industrial heart of Germany

AkzoNobel inaugurated its new, highly efficient chlorine membrane electrolysis plant in Hoechst, Germany. The plant is the result of a major conversion and expansion project begun in 2011 and involving a €140 million investment by the company. Capacity has been increased by 50 percent whilst at the same time reducing the plant’s overall ecological footprint by some 20 percent.

7 February 2014

Linde and Nynas conclude hydrogen on-site contract on hydrogen plant

Hydrogen plant to be built in Hamburg-Harburg. Investments of EUR 30 million

14 January 2014

New air gas plant opens in Kokkola

The plant will produce gas and liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon for the industrial and health care sectors. The investment promotes the company’s continuity and creates new potential for growth. The total investment in the Kokkola region amounts to 35 million euros, including the construction of a hydrogen plant, set to be completed in spring 2014.