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Stamicarbon's Ammonium Nitrate - Nitric Acid (ANNA) team has delivered a revamp study for Monómeros Colombo Venezolanos mono-pressure nitric acid plant in Barranquilla, Colombia. The growing demand for fertilizers based on Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium (NPKs), which use nitric acid as a feedstock, triggered Monómeros to look for ways to produce more nitric acid at their own facility, and Stamicarbon being the original licensor could offer the most complete view of the project. The plant pre-assessment work and all stages of the project that followed took place virtually and the complete report for increasing and optimizing production, outlining two revamp options, was delivered successfully after six months.  

Stamicarbon is proud to announce the launch of Stami Green Ammonia Technology as a solution to tackle the global carbon challenge. The technology relies on renewable resources – instead of fossil fuels – to eliminate carbon from the process, paving the way for sustainable and green fertilizer production. Stamicarbon has signed exclusive cooperation with Argentinian-based Raybite S.R.L. for the commercialization of their small-scale ammonia technology package. The cooperation agreement means that Stamicarbon has become an ammonia licensor for small-scale ammonia plants. By adding this technology to Stamicarbon’s portfolio, commercialization of small-scale urea plants and mono-pressure nitric acid plants in green fertilizer projects becomes feasible.

ENEA, the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, will lead an interdisciplinary consortium of nine European partners to develop an innovative prototype for high-temperature electrolysis, using renewable solar heat and power to produce green hydrogen in a continuous way. By working in close connection with leading European industrial companies, this challenging and innovative project called 'PROMETEO', will contribute to move a step forward in decarbonising the energy, chemical and nitrogen fertiliser sectors, in line with the EU decarbonisation targets by 2030. 

Stamicarbon congratulates Panos Kouris of start-up Vertoro, winner of the Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Award. Co-sponsored by Stamicarbon, the award was announced during a ceremony at the Brightlands campus in Geleen on Wednesday. The jury was impressed by Vertoro’s advanced plans to extract lignin from wood waste to use as fuel for ships or as a sustainable raw material for plastics. Dysmus Kisulu of Solar Freeze and Werner Schouten of the Young Climate Movement shared second place.

Stamicarbon is pleased to announce a multi-year sponsor partnership with the Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Award. As an innovation company we know that the road to innovation can often be bumpy or subject to deviations. Stamicarbon is proud to support this award, that accelerates breakthrough ideas and the talented people behind them. All participants are offered a platform for knowledge, networking and collaboration, while the winner receives a cash prize of € 35,000 to take their idea to the next level. 

Protomation has successfully completed its first remote Factory Acceptance Test (FAT), recording a major milestone in the development of STAMI DIGITAL solutions. The test was a vital step in the development of the customized Operator Training Simulator (OTS) for a new HPPO plant in Hungary.
 

A Stamicarbon client in China has signed a one year contract for 300 tons of ADVANCE COAT™. ADVANCE COAT™ is Stamicarbon’s coating composition solution for improving urea prill stability. With ADVANCE COAT™ clients can be certain to have assured quality from an out-performing product.

The MicroMist™ Venturi (MMV) Scrubber, advanced technology for ultra-low emissions in urea production, has been delivered outside the United States for the first time. The patented MMV Scrubber is advanced wet scrubbing technology developed and optimized by Stamicarbon and EnviroCare International engineers.

Stamicarbon has taken another step forward by developing a urea plant simulator with cloud solution (made with Protomation technology), enabling operator training to be performed remotely. This allows Stamicarbon to gain a deeper understanding of plant process dynamics, which in turn leads to process improvements, knowledge feedback and improved start-up training for operators.

The last piece of high pressure equipment for our client, Volgafert, – the HP Scrubber - left SBN’s Ternitz workshop in Austria on the 28th of June and joined the project’s HP Stripper and Pool Reactor at the port of Antwerp. The three pieces were loaded on the ship together and are currently on route to their final destination in Tolyatti in the Russian Federation.