emission-free nuclear energy may become an important element of the strategy of achieving ambitious climate goals by our group as well as an important factor increasing the competitiveness of Ciech in the long term," said Dawid Jakubowicz In May the company noted nuclear could play a role in its decarbonisation in its ESG (environment which foresaw the end of coal-burning in 2033 Ciech said it is considering nuclear to replace coal at its plants producing soda ash (sodium carbonate) which has applications ranging from the manufacture of glass and bricks The company is the second largest producer of soda ash in the EU energy-intensive plants at Inowrocław and Janikowo They currently burn coal in combined heat and power plants that provide steam for process heat The Letter of Intent announced yesterday will enable Ciech to "thoroughly analyse the use of small and micro modular reactor technology" by cooperating with Synthos Green Energy As a subsidiary of the Synthos chemical group it has already made agreements with GE-Hitachi towards potential deployment of its BWRX-300 and with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation regarding its Micro Modular Reactor Both the reactor designs can produce process heat Ciech and Synthos said they will "define the possibility of building small or micromodular nuclear reactors on the premises of Ciech's production plants and they will analyse possible models of energy supply under mutual agreements." "The first Generation IV reactor is to be launched in Canada in 2025 If the licensing process in Poland runs correctly there is nothing to prevent the Generation IV reactors from being commissioned at Ciech plants before the end of the decade," said Rafał Kasprów Synthos is a large chemicals group based in Poland It has taken a leading role in the pursuit of nuclear energy in the country Earlier this month it signed an agreement to explore construction of six BWRX-300 units at the Pątnów coal-fired power plant with the plant's owner In June Synthos began cooperation with Polish state petrochemical firm PKN Orlen to cooperate on small and modular reactors It has been working with GE-Hitachi since October 2020 and with Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation since November 2020 CIECH Group, a large manufacturer of evaporated salt in Europe, and Cargill a global leader in the production and sale of salt have agreed to the sale and distribution of food-grade salt through CIECH’s facilities in Stassfurt The collaboration comes during a period of gradual production expansion at the Stassfurt plant with a target production capacity of 450.000 a year “This is an important stage in the development of our salt business as we are leveraging the extensive experience of Cargill to bring cutting-edge evaporated salt to the European market,” said Philipp Kley CIECH Group’s director of the Salt Business Unit The move complements Cargill's existing range of food ingredients and specialty salts in Europe “We’ve been in the salt business in North America for more than 60 years a legacy that gives us ample experience of providing technical expertise to customers looking to formulate foods with this foundational ingredient,” said Sonya Roberts Cargill is a leading supplier of food-grade salt and sodium solutions in North America with salt production facilities in the US and the Caribbean The food grade evaporated salts supplied by CIECH will be combined with Cargill’s portfolio of specialty food salts (Alberger and Cargill can provide access to a full range of specialty and evaporated food salt solutions to European food manufacturers The CIECH Group is the largest manufacturer of evaporated salt in Poland The production capacity of its Janikowo plant in Kujawy reaches 500 thousand tonnes of salt per year The factory's product range includes table salt salt from Janikowo is also exported to the countries of Central Europe and Scandinavia Kristen also worked in television as the digital producer helping write scripts for advertiser spots and other consumer magazines owned by Petersen Publishing and Weider Publishing She also worked at a Microsoft partner magazine Redmond (formerly Microsoft Professional magazine) as the associate editor Kristen worked as the editorial assistant for a regional weekly newspaper while earning her B.A in journalism with a concentration in public relations from Central Michigan University ACC Reveals Thoughts on President Trump's First 100 Days Pliant Therapeutics Cuts Workforce by Nearly Half Chobani Breaks Ground on $1.2B Natural Foods Plant 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the last 1.5 years the CIECH Group implemented a series of improvements in the production of soda ash in the Group's Polish plants which account for the annual production of soda of nearly 1.5 million tons The activities resulted in smoother production a more efficient exploitation of raw materials in technological processes and a reduced rate of CO2 emissions per ton of soda ash produced The Group will continue its activities aimed at reducing CO2 emissions by around 30 percent in the period of the next five years vs year 2019 which in the face of rising CO2 certificate prices remains the main challenge for soda manufacturers Combined with the growing CAPEX aimed at reducing emissions this may lead to pressure on increasing soda prices on the European market Soda ash production is energy-consuming – in both Polish plants of the Group there are dedicated heat and power plants supplying process steam necessary for soda ash production Energy efficiency is one of the key determinants in terms of production expenses and the competitiveness of soda production over the last 1.5 years we have been working intensively to improve the efficiency of soda production The discernible reduction of unscheduled production outages the increase of the actual levels of soda production and the decrease of CO2 per ton of soda ash produced are amongst the results of our work which translate into real savings," says Dawid Jakubowicz President of the Management Board of CIECH S.A the CO2 emission rate per ton of soda in the Polish plants has seen a reduction by approx which enables savings of several million zlotys a year while the effective production capacity[1] has already increased by approx CIECH is taking advantage of the growing competitiveness achieved as a result of the activities in the Sales & Operations Planning area This allowed CIECH to use the production capacity and simultaneously optimize the amount of raw materials in the soda production process The result is a smooth production process and an appropriate level of stocks as we are in the process of implementing a plan to increase the efficiency of soda production including significant ventures such as the partial transition to gas in our Inowrocław plant as well as the development of 150 initiatives related to increasing the efficiency of our heat and power plants These efforts have an ample impact on the level of our competitiveness and reflect our determination to emphasize our position on the CEE soda ash market," says Dawid Jakubowicz which produced over 500,000 tonnes of soda per year CIECH focuses on the maximum use of the potential of the plants in Poland and Germany and supplying customers in Europe with soda ash The possible scenario of a further increases in the prices of CO2 certificates (which have tripled since the beginning of 2018) raw materials or capital expenditures for the "green energy transformation" may translate into an increase in soda prices on the European market "The entire soda production industry based in Europe operates under the same conditions and everyone is aware of the obligation to meet the ambitious objectives defined by the European Union higher CO2 certificates and raw material prices combined with investments related with decarbonization may be reflected in the prices this resource in Europe," emphasises Dawid Jakubowicz In order to reduce the level of CO2 emissions the CIECH Group is implementing a multi-faceted decarbonisation strategy which assumes modernisation of combined heat and power plants in Poland as well as the use of photovoltaics as a source of electricity and heat in the Group's plants CO2 emissions could be reduced by 30 per cent vs year 2019 "Although these initiatives differ in scale and implementation horizon they have one common denominator - reducing CO2 emissions and thus improving CIECH's competitiveness and implementing the idea of sustainable development of the entire Group as part of our strategy," sums up Dawid Jakubowicz Apart from issues related to the reduction of CO2 emissions CIECH is intensively implementing solutions involving the optimization of the production process through digitization in order to increase efficiency through Advanced Process Control solutions or the use of neural networks the soda plants are implementing the so-called insourcing strategy (resigning from third-party subcontractors and relying on the Group's own resources) of repair and maintenance processes for production lines through CIECH Maintenance a company operating since the beginning of the year The CIECH Group manufactures light and heavy soda in two plants – Inowrocław and Janikowo The production capacity of these factories stands at 1.5 million tons per year the German soda factory located in Stassfurt produces approx The total soda manufactured by the CIECH Group gives it the position of the second largest producer in the European Union with a strong standing on European and global markets and with a stable strategic investor (Kulczyk Investments) The company exports its products to over 100 countries around the world CIECH manufactures products of the highest which are further used to produce articles which are essential in the everyday life of people all over the world it combines a modern approach to business with the tradition of production which dates back to 1882 the company has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and on one of the largest stock exchanges in Europe: Börse Frankfurt More information is available at www.ciechgroup.com Effective production capacity reflects actual production vs its nominal level resulting from the construction of a soda production line Logo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1278220/CIECH_Logo.jpg https://ciechgroup.com Do not sell or share my personal information: A trained architect and pilot, the Polish photographer Kacper Kowalski frames the landscape in terms of human impact and formal patterns within nature from views of autumn forests and spring fields in bloom to the alien abstraction of industrial landscapes A trained architect and pilot, the Polish photographer Kacper Kowalski frames the landscape in terms of human impact and formal patterns within nature Valmet Corporation's press release on January 26 Valmet has signed a contract with CIECH Soda Polska S.A for the supply of a flue gas desulphurization plant (FGD) to Soda Polska's Janikowo combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Poland This is the second order of a FGD plant from CIECH Soda Polska Valmet signed a contract for a similar plant for the Inowroclaw CHP plant including a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) plant The order is included in Valmet's fourth quarter 2015 orders received The value of the order is around EUR 20 million "This investment will extend the lifetime of the Janikowo CHP plant and help us in complying with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) by decreasing our sulfur dioxide (SO2) and dust emissions," says Marcin Malek Director of Investments at CIECH Soda Polska Janikowo Chemical plant (Photo by CIECH Soda Polska S.A.) The Janikowo CHP plant provides energy to the Janikowo Chemical Plant The CHP plant is in the national transition plan in Poland for compliance with the IED and will have to comply with tight annual emission ceilings for sulfur dioxide Valmet's delivery includes a wet limestone based flue gas desulphurization (FGD) plant to remove SO2 from the flue gases of two existing coal fired steam boilers each with 140 tonnes per hour steam capacity The FGD is planned to be in commercial operation in September 2017 "The advantage of our FGD technology is the use of low cost limestone sorbent in the sulphur removal process and the production of gypsum as an end product Gypsum itself can be used in a wide variety of applications in the building industry In Janikowo there is an additional benefit as it will also be possible to use the end-product of the existing semi-dry FGD as zero cost sorbent," says Frank Ligthart Information about the customer CIECH Soda Polska S.A is a 100% subsidiary of the CIECH group and operates two soda plants located at Inowroclaw and Janikowo in Poland The CIECH Group is one of the leaders in the European chemical market commercial companies and service providers The main products of the CIECH Group are: soda ash (second largest supplier in Europe) glass products and other chemical products as well as in agriculture and construction industry Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies Valmet's vision is to become the global champion in serving its customers Valmet's services cover everything from maintenance outsourcing to mill and plant improvements and spare parts The strong technology offering includes pulp mills as well as power plants for bio-energy production Valmet's advanced automation solutions range from single measurements to mill wide turnkey automation projects Valmet's net sales in 2014 were approximately EUR 2.5 billion Our 12,000 professionals around the world work close to our customers and are committed to moving our customers' performance forward - every day Finland and its shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Read more www.valmet.com, www.twitter.com/valmetglobal