Welcome to our April issue, which casts a critical eye over that mainstay of industrial gas production, air gases. It has been an interesting 12 months. The story of air separation units (ASUs), which make most of the world’s air gases, is one that’s tied up with energy – its cost and its sourcing. That’s because ASUs are huge uses of electrons, around the clock and all over the world. So even if the ASU tech that separates out air gases is stable and well-understood and generally predictable, the energy side of the equation is anything but.
While the leading players remain committed to renewable-powered operations, the 2024 sustainability reports of three majors, as well as more recent moves, serve to highlight the scale of this transition test. Dominic Ellis takes a...
In the past year, many ASUs projects have been confirmed or come onstream. Christian Annesley looks at the main developments
Scientists from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland have secured new funding from energy majors TotalEnergies and Equinor to investigate the thermodynamic behaviour of typical carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) fluids.
To what extent will sweeping new tariffs impact US growth? Dominic Ellis dives in
It is clear already that energy is a crucial bargaining chip for the US when it comes to President Trump’s roll-out of widespread tariffs on imported goods.
gasworld takes 10 minutes out with Brad Dunn, CEO of CK Supply
As the world continues to overshoot emissions targets, direct air capture (DAC) is increasingly seen as a vital tool in the climate toolbox. But the technology is still at a relatively early stage, costs remain...
The three-day conference in Rotterdam was the biggest European CO2 event yet for gasworld. The first day of sessions focused on biogenic CO2, as well as some novel innovations in CO2 materials. Look out for...
The EU’s Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency has launched a new €600m funding call under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Energy to support cross-border hydrogen and carbon capture infrastructure projects.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has unveiled a €12bn clean energy package from the EU and urged central Asia to capitalise on its clean energy and raw materials potential.
