Update report: Decarbonisation options for salt and chlor-alkali production by Nobian Industrial Chemicals B.V.
The Dutch government aims to make tailor-made agreements with the most energy-intensive plants in the Netherlands to support their decarbonisation. In December 2024, salt and chlor-alkali producer Nobian Industrial Chemicals B.V. was the first Dutch industrial company to form a tailor-made agreement with the Dutch government. This report provides an overview of the decarbonisation measures that were agreed upon in the tailor-made agreement of Nobian. This concerns an update from two earlier MIDDEN reports about the Dutch salt and chlor-alkali sectors published in 2021.
By signing a tailor-made agreement, Nobian has now committed to a definitive decarbonisation strategy. The decarbonisation options agreed upon in the tailor-made agreement are: mechanical vapour recompression for brine vaporisation, energy-efficient chlor-alkali electrolysis, and brine recovery from waste water.
This report describes the current status of salt and chlor-alkali production by Nobian in 2024, including the current CO2-emissions. The report also explains the three decarbonisation options in the tailor-made agreement, including their technical details. The information in this report will also be integrated in future versions of the MIDDEN database. This update report does not include updated production statistics or new decarbonisation options for other producers of salt and chlor-alkali products in the Netherlands.
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- Publication title
- Update report: Decarbonisation options for salt and chlor-alkali production by Nobian Industrial Chemicals B.V.
- Publication date
- 25 September 2025
- Publication type
- Report
- Page count
- 15
- Publication language
- English
- Product number
- 5825
