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You’ve seen our Chief Commercial Officer, Allan Schurr, PE, featured here many times in the past, sharing his insights on resilient energy solutions or inviting you to join a technical session at a conference. But recently, he had the opportunity to take a step back and talk about more than business with the team at Shoutout HTX. Their article captures a different side of Allan, highlighting where he finds inspiration and how he got so passionate about powering our communities. You can read it here 👉 https://bit.ly/48IxKsY

#CircleOut is live in Europe! As someone passionate about digitalization in the commodity trade industry, I see CircleOut as a great solution to a decades old problem. Due to the complexity of the market, teams spend a lot of time identifying circles, making it a very labour intensive process. This inefficient and costly way of working is not in line with what technology can bring in 2024! Covantis is here to change that together with the market. The ability of CircleOut to automatically identify and settle circles pre-nomination is going to bring a lot efficiency to trade execution teams.

🫧 This deliverable studies & optimizes the operational conditions of the technology proposed in WalLAB for nitrogen recovery, to scale-up this technology in WalNUT activities 👉 Discover all our results https://lnkd.in/gMtPgVur 🗒️ The full research https://lnkd.in/dC3bZj8W

Really interesting to read about these developments which can make reducing carbon emissions easier around the world!

Our World IP Day series continues with a discussion between Peter Gray and Kevin Fothergill of Catalsys and my colleague Alex Bone. Together they outline Catalsys’ innovative green ammonia technology and explain how intellectual property supports the growth and development of their company such that their technology can be used to support SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure). #WorldIntellectualPropertyDay #WorldIPDay #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #SDGs

It has been three months since Eskom last implemented loadshedding. Can this last, and what can we expect for the rest of the year? In the first episode of The power brief, Head of Fixed Interest Research, Mauro Longano, and Fund Manager Azola Lowan explore these and other burning questions.

Amid the various complexities involved in operating a propane business, the role that tank monitoring data plays in your business is pivotal. By filling out the survey below, sponsored by One-Tank ~ Propane Tank Monitoring, you will have access to data on how other companies in the propane industry are using their tank monitoring technology. #sponsored #OneTank #propanetankmonitoring https://lnkd.in/gwCpWFHV

Synthesis of azaspiro[5.5]undec-2-enes using a cooperative catalytic system. https://lnkd.in/gsaRZ3N3

🌟 We’re delighted to announce the completion of a comprehensive technology review of the two pathways under consideration for the Speewah Vanadium Titanomagnetite Project in Western Australia. Our findings highlight the promising results from both the innovative TIVAN+ processing technology, developed in partnership with CSIRO, and conventional salt roast technology. Notably, both methods have shown excellent bench-scale performance for processing Speewah concentrate. Key updates include: 📌 Ongoing salt roast testwork aimed at producing vanadium electrolyte specification for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries.  📌 A preliminary assessment of third-party interest in commercialising the TIVAN+ technology.  📌 Advancements in negotiations with government for a facilitation and funding agreement to develop a TIVAN+ Pilot Plant. Stay tuned for further updates in Q4 as we continue to refine our strategic direction in this area. 

The next paper from my PhD has been finally published! We were looking at the change in the Co and Mn oxidation states of perovskite electrocatalysts during ORR and OER. Under operation in a unified regenerative fuel cell (URFC), bifunctional catalysts are subjected to very challenging conditions and we take a closer look at how the catalysts are affected. Additionally, I found that some of the activity loss experienced by LaxSr(1-x)MnO3 during operation can be recovered using sunlight. A huge thanks to my collaborators at PSI, EMPA, and DTU!