HYDROGEN

TotalEnergies, RWE team up to decarbonise Leuna refinery / 600 km pipeline / Grandpuits to have two plastics recycling plants

INEOS

New oil and gas investment in the US / Fossil resurgence under new Trump term?

HYDROGEN

German production, distribution plans gather momentum / Rhine-Main network to be part of nationwide effort / Global Data sees investment surge in green hydrogen

HYDROGEN

Big spender Germany ups budget for renewable product / Subsidies for gas-to-hydrogen plants in the offing

HYDROGEN

US seeks to unseat Europe as frontrunner in the race to ‘net zero' / Energy Department publishes hydrogen strategy paper / Generous subsidies under Inflation Reduction Act

ENERGY

German LNG plans show no signs of slowing / Some say pace too fast / US main supplier / Rügen terminal still in doubt

ENERGY

Germany may reduce LNG terminal goals / Hydrogen plans proceeding apace

PLASTICS AND ENERGY

Germany, Qatar announce LNG deal / Gulf state to supply some 2 mn t/y from 2026 / ConocoPhillips tapped as shipper

TURBINE BLADES

European wind industry growth drives need for recycling / Trade group calls for landfill ban on used blades / Leading market players eye 100% recyclability

PLASTICS AND ENERGY

Germany completes first marine LNG terminal / Questions about speed of build up

ENERGY

Germany signs Middle East LNG supply deals / First UAE cargoes to be landed by end 2023 / How to replace Russian gas imports?

BASF

Comprehensive plans to meet climate goals faster: Net Zero Accelerator / Standalone renewable energy company / CCS project at Antwerp

WIND TURBINE BLADES

Siemens Gamesa introduces recyclable blades / Vestas, partners to develop similar technology

BASF

Plans for 2 GW North Sea wind farm with utility giant RWE / Output would supply a quarter of Ludwigshafen's power needs

INEOS

Acquisition of 12 North Sea gas fields planned / UK government mandates sale in national interest / Ratcliffe sees “great entry point” for upstream / Scotland extends fracking moratorium

SHALE GAS

Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Early results from CO2-to-polyols research look “highly promising” / Flexible foam applications

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

North American shale gas deposits shift the feedstock balance / Second cheapest route to ethylene / Asian naphtha base too costly? / Large gas deposits in France and Poland / Public sentiment sours on fracking

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE

Inauguration of CO2-to-polyols pilot plant / Commercial production possible by 2015