2020-10-19

Dedication and Analysis – How a Suspected Error Makes a Great Improvement

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What makes OPSIS “OPSIS”? Well, it’s the people behind the name. This video blog is a part of a series of personal stories showing who the people working here are, and thereby also what OPSIS is.

This time, Ulf Gustavsson tells us how he with dedication and brains turned a doubting customer into a pleased customer, and at the same time improved the air quality.

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2024-11-04

What’s Going on in the Air at Chemical Industries?

The world needs chemical industries like refineries, baseline chemicals manufacturers, and fertilizer producers. Unfortunately, such facilities often come with pollution issues owing to allowed or accidental emissions of hazardous gases to the ambient air. However, by applying fence-line monitoring, the air pollution situation can be monitored and controlled, and the risks can be reduced.

2024-10-09

Carbon Dioxide Sampling - Why, Where, and When? Part 2: ETS Exemptions and Costs

The European Union directive about greenhouse gas emission allowance trading, the EU ETS, is an important tool to control above all carbon dioxide emissions within the EU and thereby also to cap global warming and fight the climate change. EU ETS applies to a wide range of industrial activities as well as to sea and air transport within the EU. However, carbon dioxide generated from biomass fuel is exempted from the ETS requirements on obtaining and handing in emission permits. Keep reading to see what this can mean in practice!

2024-09-25

Carbon Dioxide Sampling - Why, Where, and When? Part 1: The EU ETS

Carbon dioxide sampling is relevant when there is a need to determine the biomass fraction of carbon dioxide emissions originating from incineration of mixed fuels, notably when household or industrial waste is used as the source of energy. The driving force behind this is a European Union directive about greenhouse gas emission allowance trading, the EU ETS.

2024-08-19

New Directive on Air Quality in the European Union

A new European Union directive on air quality has been in the pipe for some years and now it seems to be only formalities left for it to become effective. The intention with the directive is to further reduce air pollution in the EU and to achieve the EU’s zero air pollution vision by 2050.

2024-06-16

Marine Monitoring of Emissions of Air Pollutants

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has issued regulations to reduce sulfur and other emissions to air from the maritime industry. What are the requirements, and how can a shipping company comply with the regulations? Read on to find out!