http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/solvay-uses-waste-wood-to-power-soda-ash-and-bicarbonate-plant-in-germany/ Solvay announced the official inauguration of the second biomass boiler at its Rheinberg soda ash and bicarbonate plant in Germany, phasing out the use of thermal coal for energy use at the site. With the commissioning of this new boiler, Rheinberg became the world’s first soda ash plant powered by locally sourced waste wood. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/11/cannon-artes-breaks-ground-on-massive-industrial-wastewater-treatmentwater-reuse-plant-in-qatar/ Cannon Artes is building a large-scale, advanced wastewater treatment and water reuse plant in one of the top three petrochemical complexes in the Middle East region. The system will treat up to 25,000 m3d of effluent water and cooling-tower-blowdown water. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/10-1/neste-my-renewable-diesel-to-power-verne-data-centers-back-up-generators-in-finland/ Neste’s renewable diesel helps Verne, a provider of sustainable data center solutions for high intensity computing, to transition its operations from fossil to renewable fuels. Verne's data centers in Helsinki, Pori and Tampere in Finland will use Neste MY Renewable Diesel to power their backup generators. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/10-1/aspen-technology-launches-microgrid-management-system-to-address-power-reliability-and-meet-net-zero-goals/ Aspen Technology introduced the AspenTech Microgrid Management System™, a solution for customers with heavy electrical power requirements in refining, chemicals, mining and other asset-intensive industries that manage their own on-site conventional and renewable power generation in orchestration with active load management and energy storage. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/mitsubishi-to-buy-low-carbon-ammonia-from-exxonmobils-hydrogen-facility-in-texas-us/ Mitsubishi said it has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a stake in and offtake low-carbon ammonia from ExxonMobil's hydrogen facility in Texas. Part of its decarbonization drive, Japan is aiming to increase usage of hydrogen and its derivative, ammonia, for co-firing at power plants, usage in the steel and automobile industries and other areas. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/singapores-largest-data-center-to-use-neste-renewable-diesel-to-power-generators/ Neste has helped ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) to become the first data center operator in Singapore to power its backup generators with renewable diesel. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/09/port-of-rotterdam-power-outage-affects-bps-refining-operations/ A power outage in the Rotterdam port area in the Netherlands briefly interrupted operations at bp's 400,000-bpd oil refinery. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/08/taqa-jera-collaborate-on-cogen-plant-for-power-to-jubail-petrochemical-complex-saudi-arabia/ Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) and JERA Co., Inc announced the successful financial closing of Najim Cogeneration Company Limited, a new industrial steam and electricity cogeneration plant that will produce electricity and steam for a petrochemical complex located in Jubail in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/07/samsung-ct-to-build-koreas-fist-ammonia-import-terminal-for-co-firing-power-generation/ The terminal will include facilities for storing, unloading, and transporting ammonia. A 30,000-ton storage tank will be used to compress and store ammonia for co-firing power generation. The terminal will also use a fuel blend comprised of at least 20% ammonia for co-firing with coal to reduce carbon emissions. http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/magazine/2024/june-2024/sustainability-and-the-energy-transition/transitioning-to-an-electrified-future/ As countries responsible for 75% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions set net-zero targets, oil and gas, chemicals and other energy-intensive process industries are under increasing pressure to decarbonize.