Reducing emissions in nitric acid production with tertiary abatement systems  By Stefano Cicchinelli, Product Manager of the Tertiary Abatement at Stamicarbon   Like most industries, the fertilizer industry strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Apart from developing new technologies to achieve this, we are also witnessing an adaptation of traditional technologies to cope with climate change and reduce environmental impact while meeting the latest emission regulations.  Existing greenhouse gas …

The winner of last year’s Ideas-to-Reality competition, the Student Transition Enhancement Project, is turning their idea into reality by supporting the educational transition of schoolchildren in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. The winner of last year’s Ideas-to-Reality competition, the Student Transition Enhancement Project (S.T.E.P), is turning their idea into reality by supporting the educational transition of schoolchildren in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. This project was initiated to help …

Team S.T.E.P was named the winner of the 2022 Ideas-to-Reality Competition, winning both the honor and EUR 5,000 to turn their idea into a reality. The Ideas to Reality project has undoubtedly made its mark and further affirmed Stamicarbon’s commitment and dedication towards sustainability and innovation. The 2022 edition of the Ideas to reality project was a rip-roaring success. The event was held on Thursday, November 24 at the canteen of the headquarters of Stamicarbon BV. Staff and friends gathered to …

Vertoro The winner of the 2021 award was Panos Kouris. Co-sponsored by Stamicarbon, the award was announced during a ceremony at the Brightlands campus in Geleen. Panos receiving his award 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. Pejman Djavdan (Stamicarbon Managing Director) has this to say …

The future is here Developing a sustainable production and business model will undoubtedly strengthen the quest to move the world to a more viable and green way of living. Various initiatives have been created to promote these themes and support individuals and businesses willing to champion this noble cause. The Marc Cornelissen Brightlands Awards (M.C.B.A.) is one of them. The award is an incentive for sustainability pioneers, inspired by the legacy of Marc Cornelissen (1968-2015), a Dutch adventurer and …

Achieve higher plant safety and availability with well-trained personnel The Challenge Managing a plant is challenging. An operator must ensure optimal conditions to achieve good performance, including the plant's safety, stability and profitability.  Effective training of plant operators on start-up and shutdown procedures, emergency shutdowns, day-to-day operations and various scenarios in the plant is the key to improving operator knowledge, plant safety and reliability. But on-site training has its …

Stamicarbon has been identified as the “Key Innovator” in the PROMETEO project by the EU Innovation Radar. The innovation under analysis is “A fully-integrated design of a Solid Oxide Electrolyzer for best matching with Intermittent Renewable Heat & Power sources.” Stamicarbon has been identified as the “Key Innovator” in the PROMETEO project by the EU Innovation Radar. The innovation under analysis is “A fully-integrated design of a Solid Oxide Electrolyzer for best matching with Intermittent Renewable …

1676361600 - 1676563200 On location Al Salam Street United Arab Emirates Join the Argus Clean Ammonia Middle East Conference at the Anantara Mangroves Hotel in Abu Dhabi, UAE for three days of networking and first-class insight into one of the fuels of the future in the energy transition.  This conference will bring together the clean ammonia and hydrogen production centre of the Middle East with key end users from around the world, and key sectors such as fertilizers, marine fuels, power generation and …