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MAY 8, 2020

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has acquired 100% of the Dutch Count Companies BV’s Count Terminal Rotterdam BV and its supporting entities, part of the First Dutch Group of Peter Goedvolk. The transaction was signed and closed on 7 May 2020.

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JANUARY 29, 2022

million) grant from Enova (announced in December 2021), will demonstrate that ammonia produced using renewable energy can reduce the impact of carbon dioxide in fertilizer production. Together with Yara Sluiskil in the Netherlands, Yara Porsgrunn is the biggest of Yara International’s production units.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

HollyFrontier Corporation, an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products, plans to construct a new renewable diesel unit (RDU) at its Artesia, New Mexico refinery (Navajo Refinery).

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MARCH 11, 2020

Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has agreed to acquire 100% of Mahoney Environmental (Mahoney), a collector and recycler of used cooking oil in the United States, and its affiliated entities. million tonnes—the equivalent of taking 3.5

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Together with its customer Apple, DHL is piloting the heavy-duty vehicle, equipped with a fuel cell range extender from VDL, between Breda, the Netherlands, and Brussels, Belgium, as part of the Interreg NW Europe program H2-Share, coordinated by WaterstofNet. —Alberto Nobis, CEO DHL Express Europe.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The order also includes general contractor services, as well as the construction of the building and other infrastructure. When commissioned in spring 2023, it will be the largest energy storage system in the Netherlands and one of the largest in the EU.

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MAY 24, 2022

The political agreement ensures significant availability of the renewable power needed to supply future Power-to-X facilities in the EU.

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JUNE 26, 2022

Shell and Dow have started up an experimental unit to heat ethylene steam cracker furnaces electrically at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Using renewable electricity to heat steam cracker furnaces could become one of the routes to decarbonize the chemicals industry. Side view of the experimental unit.

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. residue streams, renewable hydrogen and biogas to methanol.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Ørsted has taken final investment decision on the Danish demonstration project H2RES, which will use offshore wind energy to produce renewable hydrogen. The project is expected to produce its first hydrogen in late 2021 and will be Ørsted’s first renewable hydrogen project in operation. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 26, 2021

Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH, a wholly-owned entity of Vattenfall AB, offers UK businesses, including operators of hydrogen electrolyzers, the option to purchase renewable electricity, generated by harnessing renewable energy sources such as wind and solar through Power Purchase Agreements.

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JANUARY 29, 2022

The electrolyzer is the largest in our portfolio to date and is in line with Shell’s Powering Progress strategy, which includes plans to build on our leading position in hydrogen. —Wael Sawan, Shell’s Integrated Gas, Renewable and Energy Solutions Director.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

Abu Dhabi-based Masdar, a developer of renewable energy projects and urban development, Port of Amsterdam, SkyNRG, Evos Amsterdam and Zenith Energy Terminals have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the development of a green hydrogen supply chain between Abu Dhabi and Amsterdam to support Dutch and European markets.

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APRIL 18, 2021

At the planned location in South Australia, they want to build a 75-megawatt electrolysis plant, which can supply hydrogen for about 40,000 tonnes of ammonia annually. RWE is also constructing renewable energy plants in Australia. In Limondale, the company is currently building one of the largest solar farms in the country.

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APRIL 30, 2023

SPV1’s output includes renewable energy and LiCl, the latter which is sold to SPV2. Nobian has existing production sites in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany, including at the same site as Vulcan’s planned CLP, at the Hoechst Chemical Park, providing additional synergies.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Plug Power and Lhyfe, a producer and supplier of renewable hydrogen, announced an partnership to pursue and develop jointly green hydrogen generation plants throughout Europe. The agreement builds upon the working relationship already established between the two companies earlier this year.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With more than 35 years of experience, Frames designs, builds, and delivers processing equipment, separation technologies, flow control and safeguarding systems, for water and renewable energy solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Frames has about 300 employees located largely in Europe and India.

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MARCH 30, 2018

Propane-rich off-gas is produced during Neste’s NExBTL renewable diesel process; the gas is usually recovered during the Stabilization and Recycle stages of the process. BioLPG is Calor’s first renewable product offering that sees the company commit to reducing its carbon footprint and to become fully renewable by 2040.

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APRIL 29, 2019

BP, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), and the Port of Rotterdam will collaborate to explore the opportunity of making green hydrogen via water electrolysis for BP’s refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which has the potential for significant reductions in CO 2 emissions. —Ruben Beens, CEO of BP Netherlands.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

This oil can be used as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels for the production of renewable energy and chemicals. Using clean wood as feedstock, the facility has been in operation since 2015 in The Netherlands. Uses of FPO include heat, power, transport fuels and potential bio-based chemicals.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Neste Oil celebrated the grand opening of its NExBTL renewable diesel refinery in the Port of Rotterdam. The refinery has an annual production capacity of 800,000 metric tons or 1 billion liters (264 million gallons US) of renewable diesel and cost around €670 million (US$873 million) to build. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 7, 2023

Eneco, an energy producer in the Netherlands, is relying on Tesla to power its biggest battery project to date, which will be used to “more efficiently balance Belgium’s electricity grid” and is expected to be operational in 2024. The project will be built in Ville-sur-Haine and be the largest project Eneco builds to date.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

This acquisition supports Shell’s ambitions to build an integrated RNG value chain at global scale and to grow its low-carbon offerings profitably to customers across multiple sectors. More than a third of these projects are in medium- to late-development stage in Denmark, the Netherlands and France and could deliver up to 9.2

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MAY 29, 2019

Sustainable aviation fuel is a necessary short-term option the commercial aviation industry has to reduce CO 2 emissions in the short term, in addition to fleet renewal and operational efficiency gains. SHV Energy, global leader in LPG distribution, will also invest in the facility and will purchase the bioLPG produced.

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JUNE 8, 2023

TECO 2030 and Skeleton Technologies have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the use of renewable hydrogen in the maritime sector and demonstrate zero-emissions voyage and port operations. TECO 2030, a spin-off from TECO Maritime Group, is building Europe’s first Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells gigafactory in Norway.

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JULY 10, 2022

It will be a self-standing legal entity, operating under its own corporate identity and based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The JV intends to take a catalyzing role as a charge point operator (CPO) in the value-chain by installing and managing charging stations for heavy-duty trucks and coaches.

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APRIL 21, 2016

Global Bioenergies has delivered isobutene produced at its industrial pilot to ARLANXEO—a joint venture of LANXESS and Saudi Aramco and world leader in high‐quality synthetic rubbers headquartered in the Netherlands. Global Bioenergies’ most advanced program consists in the production of high‐purity isobutene from renewable resources.

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JULY 5, 2020

The new Strategic Work Plan (2020-2025) sets very ambitious goals to make the most of current international hydrogen momentum, focusing on hydrogen as a facilitator for a smart, sustainable and decarbonized energy system based on renewables and low-carbon technologies for transport, industry, building, power and energy network applications.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Avantium uses a catalytic process to convert carbohydrates into furanics building blocks. The plant will produce several tons of YXY building blocks per year to support product development. Over the past years we have made tremendous progress to develop a low-cost production process to convert biomass into YXY building blocks.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Intended for Delfzijl in the Netherlands, the installation would use a 20 megawatt water electrolysis unit, the largest in Europe, to convert sustainably produced electricity into 3,000 tons of green hydrogen a year—enough to fuel 300 hydrogen buses. This requires not only vision, but also immediate action and concrete collaboration.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Moreover, if the electrolysis is undertaken with electricity from renewable sources, the hydrogen production is virtually climate-neutral. VERBUND, the project coordinator, will provide electricity from renewable energy sources and is responsible for development of grid-relevant services. —Wolfgang Hesoun, CEO of Siemens Austria.

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MARCH 31, 2021

ExxonMobil and Porsche are testing advanced biofuels and renewable, lower-carbon eFuels as part of a new agreement to find pathways toward potential future consumer adoption. As early as 2022, the companies plan to test the second iteration of Esso Renewable Racing Fuel, which will contain eFuel components.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

With E-STOR commercial scale energy storage systems, end users can generate new revenues, save energy costs and make better use of renewable energy generation. The aggregated battery systems can help stabilize the existing electricity grid or be used to build autonomous mini-grids. —Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Neste Oil is continuing its research into the potential for using algae oil as a feedstock for producing NExBTL renewable diesel by taking part in two research projects starting this summer to test various methods for growing algae in outdoor conditions. Earlier post.). Algae projects.

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APRIL 29, 2011

Siemens is building power converter stations for a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system with a record capacity of 2 x 1,000 megawatts. Power grids will have to be substantially upgraded throughout Europe before more renewable energy can be used, Siemens says.

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MARCH 2, 2019

Shell will join a consortium comprising Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam in an effort to build Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

The core innovation of the Don Quichote project will consist of combining a 350 bar electrochemical compressor, a 30 Nm 3 PEM electrolyzer system, and a 90 kW fuel cell system to demonstrate the technical and economical viability of an integrated hydrogen storage system for renewable electricity linked to a hydrogen refueling facility.

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