5 January 202421 December 2023 M2ARE: Maritime Methanol – Adaptable, Renewable and Environmentally friendly: Reducing marine fuel CO2 emissions by more than 80% In response to the high demand for maritime decarbonized fuel, M²ARE project will deliver a methanol synthesis demonstration plant by mid-2027, using the existing pilot plant located at the Air Liquide Innovation Campus Frankfurt, Germany
26 July 202220 July 2022 Shell to start building Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025
1 July 202225 June 2022 Amcor and Minderoo Foundation launch partnership to ensure market certainty for plastic waste New project initiative will unlock investment to build a global network of plastic recycling plants
29 April 202225 April 2022 GIDARA Energy announces next advanced methanol facility in the Port of Rotterdam With the new plant, the company will achieve a reduction of 350,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2eq) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year
8 December 20216 December 2021 Enerkem achieves a major breakthrough by producing sustainable aviation fuel from local forest biomass The research is part of The Sky’s the Limit Challenge organized by Natural Resources Canada and for which Enerkem was selected as a finalist
16 September 202113 September 2021 Kooperation zwischen Uniper und Hafenbetrieb Rotterdam für Produktion grünen Wasserstoffs Diese Vereinbarung ist ein wichtiger Meilenstein bei der weiteren Entwicklung der Wasserstoff-Wertschöpfungskette in der Region Rijnmond
Cooperation Uniper and Port of Rotterdam Authority in production green hydrogen This agreement is a major milestone in the further development of the hydrogen value chain in the Rijnmond region
18 June 202119 October 2021 From Waste-to-Chemicals to Waste-to-Jet Partners repurpose the Rotterdam waste-to-chemicals project to waste-to-jet based on substantial targets and demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel, expected support for Recycled Carbon Fuels and a full scope, ‘in-house’ technical solution to be provided by Enerkem and Shell
15 June 20219 September 2021 Covestro’s circular ambitions take shape Together with ArcelorMittal and other partners, Covestro is investigating the possibilities of converting carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide into chemical building blocks
3 February 202129 January 2021 Braskem lagert seine Biokunststoffe nun in Rotterdam Weltgrößter Hersteller von Drop-in-Biopolymeren hat sein Lager von Antwerpen nach Rotterdam verlegt und stärkt den Rotterdam Polymer Hub in seiner Position als logistischer Knotenpunkt für Biokunststoffe in Europa
22 November 201919 November 2019 Pyrolysis Party and who’s the pilot steering the ship? BTG and GoodFuels to invest in world’s 1st marine biofuel refinery based on pyrolysis oil
26 April 20199 September 2021 BP, Nouryon and Port of Rotterdam partner on green hydrogen study Parties have signed a memorandum of understanding to study the feasibility of a 250-megawatt water electrolysis facility for BP’s refinery in Rotterdam
25 April 20199 September 2021 Kick-off for designing a gigawatt electrolysis plant Towards sustainable production of hydrogen on an industrial scale
Niederlande planen Gigawatt-Elektrolyseur Nachhaltige Herstellung von Wasserstoff im industriellen Maßstab geplant
7 March 20196 March 2019 W2C Rotterdam project welcomes Shell as partner Shell joins as equity partner with Air Liquide, Enerkem, Nouryon and the Port of Rotterdam
12 September 20189 September 2021 The Silent Fuel: Methanol for power, fuels and chemistry in a low-carbon economy From Switzerland comes word of a technology for methanol synthesis plants which capture CO2 from the environment to create renewable methanol fuel
21 February 201819 February 2018 Enerkem: Partners agree on initial funding to kick off waste-to-chemistry project in Rotterdam Project to be first of its kind in Europe to provide a sustainable alternative solution for non-recyclable plastics and other mixed wastes
28 July 201727 July 2017 Neue biobasierte Brücken im Rotterdamer Hafen halten bestimmt 100 Jahre InfraCore's weltweit patentiertes Verfahren erlaubt das Verbauen von Kunststoffkompositen in Brückenkonstruktionen
New biobased bridges in port of Rotterdam will last at least 100 years InfraCore's patented technology allows to building polymer composites in bridge constructions
21 February 201717 February 2017 BIC General Assembly: Growing Membership Deepens Bioeconomy Cooperation 16 new Full members and 22 new Associate members representing a strong European cooperation on the bioeconomy
8 November 20167 November 2016 Drop-ins lead the biobased economy astray nova-Institute has some pretty devastating things to say about ten years observation of European policy making
13 October 201611 October 2016 Rotterdam is proposed location for waste-to-chemicals plant using Enerkem’s technology New chemical plant to convert residual waste into methanol as chemicalblock
7 September 20165 September 2016 Demonstration project started for the conversion of woody biomass to chemicals By a consortium of 14 European companies using EU funding under the Horizon 2020 program
11 September 20159 September 2015 How to Turn an Old Sofa into Biofuel A Dutch initiative explores methods on how to use solid urban waste to produce liquid biofuels and biochemicals
12 June 201511 June 2015 A Dutch initiative investigates how waste can be used to produce biochemicals New PPP's aim is Enerkem’s technology to manufacture synthesis gas from waste and use it as feedstock for products such as methanol and ammonia
29 January 201527 January 2015 This European oil hub is investing billions in renewable Resources Rotterdam ist going to create the world's first bioport
15 November 201314 November 2013 Neste Oil to promote the deployment of sustainable aviation biofuel in the Netherlands First site for potential renewable fuel refinery for production of renewable aviation fuel in Rotterdam