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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.