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Green H2 reduces CO2 footprint of refineries

Green H2 reduces CO2 footprint of refineries

by | Jun 6, 2022 | Germany

Aerial view of the site in Hemmingstedt, © Raffinerie Heide

Aerial view of the site in Hemmingstedt, © Raffinerie Heide

The trend is clear: refineries also need to become greener – recently also to limit the use of Russian oil and gas. In Germany, refineries are responsible for about a fifth of the CO2 emissions by the sector. Green hydrogen can be integrated into existing production processes. Several refineries are currently making this transition. (more…)

Interview with Stijn van Els, Director of Port of Rotterdam

Interview with Stijn van Els, Director of Port of Rotterdam

by | Mar 14, 2022 | Germany

portrait Stijn van Els, © Rotterdam Hafen

© Rotterdam Hafen

Rotterdam is not only the largest port in Europe, it is playing a key role in the German hydrogen strategy. Stijn van Els has been working since January 2020 as director of commercial delivery at the port, which belongs 70 percent to the municipality of Rotterdam and 30 percent to the Netherlands. After studying at a German Hochschule, van Els studied physics in Delft and then started as an engineer at Shell. He’s been working around the world for 30 -years and in Hamburg as head of Shell Germany. H2-international spoke with him about the role of the port for the European hydrogen economy. (more…)

Mineral oil industry reshapes itself

Mineral oil industry reshapes itself

by | Feb 10, 2022 | Germany

Logo en2xAware of the changing framework conditions in the energy sector, the hitherto dominant players are attempting to adapt to the new situation. At the beginning of November 2021, the German national mineral oil industry association (Mineralölwirtschaftsverband, MWV) and the national institute for heating and mobility (Institut für Wärme und Mobilität, IWO) announced that they wanted to work together from now on as the association en2x, officially Wirtschaftsverband Fuels und Energie eV, in order to, as they say, “accelerate the clean energy transition.” The name en2x derives from energy-to-X, that is, the conversion of a primary energy source into any other energy carrier for application or storage of that energy. (more…)

Green refineries

Green refineries

by | Aug 19, 2020 | Germany

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NExBTL plant, Maasvlakte, © Neste Oil

In Wesseling, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s coal heartland, a new transportation era is dawning – at least if oil giant Shell has a say in it. “Petroleum products will continue to play an important role in the decades to come.

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ITM Power: 20 Tons of H2 per Day

by | Nov 2, 2017 | Europe, worldwide

ITM Power (London: ITM) based in the UK was able to increase bookings by GBP 4.87 million to GBP 23.54 million. Projects for which contracts should be awarded soon have a combined value of GBP 16.67 million, so that the expected backlog is at around GBP 40 million. An intriguing product development is ITM’s recent showcase of a 50-megawatt electrolyzer design at the Las Vegas trade show SPI. It reportedly made it possible to produce 20 tons of hydrogen per day. (more…)