Air Separation Units (ASUs)

Industrial gas major Air Liquide has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Spanish electric utility Iberdrola to power projects in Spain and Portugal.

Industrial gas major Messer plans to invest €60m in a new air separation unit (ASU) at the Port of Ghent in Belgium. The plant will supply an undisclosed amount of oxygen, nitrogen, and argon to...

Industrial gas major Air Liquide will build and operate a new air separation unit (ASU) on Naoshima Island, Japan, to support rising demand for materials essential to the energy transition and semiconductor industry.

Global electricity consumption is forecast to grow at close to 4% annually through to 2027 as power use climbs in a range of sectors, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report. This energy increase...

New plant builds slowed by economic uncertainty 

Linde has secured a record number of new small on-site projects for the supply of nitrogen and oxygen for the fifth year in a row.

While the leading players remain committed to renewable-powered operations,  the latest sustainability reports of three majors, as well as more recent moves,  serve to highlight the scale of this transition test. Dominic Ellis takes a...

One of India’s leading manufacturers of industrial gases, INOX Air Products (INOXAP), has launched its largest air separation unit (ASU) at the Steel Authority of India’s (SAIL) Bokaro facility. At a cost of ₹750 crore...

Messer Americas will invest $70m in a new air separation unit (ASU) in Berryville, Arkansas, to meet the growing demand for industrial gases.

Linde has invested $120m in Indonesia’s largest air separation unit (ASU) in southeast Asia to supply industrial gases to Indonesian mining company PT Freeport Indonesia.