Wartsila has won a major contract to supply and construct a plant for production of CO2-neutral liquid transport fuels.
The plant will liquefy gas from the natural gas grid to produce carbon-neutral LNG. It will have a capacity of approximately 100,000 tons per year and located in Cologne, Germany.
Wartsila’s experience and technologies developed for the process design, fabrication, and delivery of gas liquefaction plants and mature gas treatment solutions prior to liquefaction, were key factors to secure the contract.
“The use of LNG as an emissions-reducing fuel in the marine and transportation industries is already well established, and to introduce bioLNG which can be mixed with LNG is the next obvious step in enabling a CO2-neutral transportation fuel,” said Antti Kuokkanen, VP Gas Solutions.
The Wartsila scope for this project includes the engineering, the civil works, installation, and commissioning of the plant.
The plant will include a gas treatment system based on Wartsila’s Puregas CA technology, a liquefaction unit utilising Wartsila’s Semi-Dual Brayton technology, storage tanks, truck filling stations, and all safety flare and auxiliary equipment. The plant is expected to be fully operational by autumn 2022.
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