In 2018 , the metals company established a decarbonization strategy . Aubert & Duval , the metallurgy giant , calls on Eco-Tech Ceram to decarbonize its industrial sites . The goal : reduce its greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions by 45 % in 2030 ( 123,000 tons of CO 2 equivalent emissions ). After five years , they needed to find other levers and turned to Eco-Tech Ceram . The project was to direct hot fumes from Aubert & Duval furnaces to a heat exchanger . With it , hot air will be produced to feed the burners .

Thanks to this , Aubert & Duval expects to eliminate between 20 and 25 % of CO 2 emissions from its gas furnaces . Out of 159 gas furnaces , it has already carried out a technical and economic feasibility study on 15 of them and a detailed feasibility study on two others . Aubert & Duval and Eco-Tech Ceram plan to combine the waste heat sources from several furnaces to create a larger pool and to use it for other applications , which could be out of phase : producing decarbonized electricity , hot water , steam , cold , hydrogen , etc .

Russia ’ s Mashinostroitelny Zavod in Elektrostal ( MSZ , part of Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL ) has manufactured and delivered new second-generation nuclear fuel for the PIK research reactor . The PIK high-flux research reactor at the BP Konstantinov Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics ( PNPI ) in Gatchina ( part of the Kurchatov Institute ) is the world ’ s largest neutron source . PIK , launched in 2021 , is a pressurised water reactor , with light water used as a coolant and heavy water as a reflector . Neutron beams escaping from the nuclear reaction zone are removed into special channels of various configurations , each of which is a separate research

station . PIK differs from similar foreign projects because of its increased neutron fluxes in the reflector , the presence of a neutron trap with very high flux , and the possibility of irradiating materials in the core . Samples of materials can be loaded through the channels into the reactor core for unique research in physics , biology , and chemistry . The introduction of the new fuel will make it possible to significantly increase the reactor run time at a power of 100 MW while ensuring the design safety indicators , improving the neutronic characteristics of the core , and increasing the operational reliability of the facility .

A pilot-scale solar reactor produces usable heat and oxygen as well as generating hydrogen

with “ unprecedented efficiency for its size ”, according to its developers .

Described as working like an artificial tree , the reactor was developed and installed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne ( EPFL ). The parabolic dish concentrates solar radiation nearly 1,000-times , which is focused on the integrated photoelectrochemical reactor above the dish . The reactor uses sunlight to convert water into renewable hydrogen and oxygen , while also providing heat . After the dish concentrates the sun ’ s rays , water is pumped into the focus spot . Within the reactor , photoelectrochemical cells use solar energy to electrolyse the water molecules , splitting them

into hydrogen and oxygen . The generated heat is passed through a heat exchanger so it can be harnessed , potentially for central heating . The oxygen molecules are also recovered and used . The system is suitable for industrial , commercial , and residential applications , the researchers said . LRESE spin off SoHHytec SA is already deploying and commercialising the technology , working with a Swiss metal production facility to build a demonstration plant that will work in the hundreds of kilowatts scale , producing hydrogen for metal annealing processes , oxygen for nearby hospitals , and heat for the factory ’ s hot water needs .

NordEnergoGroup LLC last year exited its Croatian asset , Duro Dakovic TEP , the producer of boiler and heat exchange equipment , according to the Russian company ’ s financial statements . The EMAlliance entity acquired the asset for approximately 35 million

euros in 2011 from the Austrian Energy & Environment holding . NordEnergoGroup reflected proceeds from the sale of the Croatian asset totaling rubles 2.3bn in the financial statements . Austria ’ s Andritz concern at the end of last year announced acquiring

Duro Dakovic TEP , without naming the seller and the amount of the transaction . According to the statement , Duro Dakovic TEP generates around EUR 60M in revenue per annum . Founded in March 2019 , NordEnergoGroup manages the

power engineering and electrical assets of Alexei Mordashov ’ s Severgroup , specifically including the Taganrog-based Krasny Kotelschik boilermanufacturing plant , the Kaluga Turbine Plant , and the Rheostat plant .