bp and BASF partner for carbon capture in Teesside project

bp has selected BASF’s technology for carbon capture in its H2Teesside blue hydrogen project

Dutch King opens massive wind farm

Dutch King Willem-Alexander, along with major firms like Allianz, Vattenfall, and BASF, has officially launched Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4

BASF finalises purchase of 49.5% stake of ‘world’s largest’ offshore wind farm

The chemicals firm will use the electricity from the wind farm for its European production facilities

German winds to make ‘carbon-free’ chemicals

A new 2GW wind farm will be built to supply electricity to a chemicals facility

Fly like a shark? Jets to be fitted with sharkskin-inspired coating to reduce emissions

A surface film, which imitates the properties of sharkskin, is claimed to optimise aerodynamics of aircraft in a way that reduces fuel consumption

Belgian port launches voyage to cleaner future with carbon capture project

A consortium aims to develop shared CO2 liquefaction, storage and transport infrastructure

Gazprom signs deal to expand gas pipeline

Gazprom has signed a memorandum of understanding with a German chemical producer to expand a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea. The Nord Stream II project will consist of two additional pipelines that could transport up to 55 billion cubic meters of gas. It will be a new route for Russian […]

Gazprom taking over Western Europe’s biggest gas store

Russian energy giant Gazprom is readying itself to take over the largest natural gas storage facility in Western Europe. Yesterday its chief executive Alexei Miller met the boss of German chemical company BASF, Kurt Bock, to discuss an asset swap agreed in December. The Russian business will get Wintershall’s gas store site, plus boost its stake in energy […]

US ‘smart’ car uses solar to generate energy

This may look like a machine used in a ‘Transformers’ film – but it’s actually a “smart” car with solar cells on the roof. American firm BASF created the electric vehicle, using its knowledge of chemistry, which generates energy to power the car’s climate control system. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has welcomed the firm’s […]