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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Linde and the Dalian
Bingshan Group have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture company
that will manufacture hydrogen refueling stations in Dalian, China (Liaoning
province) to supply fuel cell-powered vehicles, starting in 2021, said Hydrocarbonprocessing.
As
a result, Linde will triple its production capacity for hydrogen refueling
stations in the next few years. The new production facility in Dalian has been
designed to meet the requirements of the rapidly growing APAC
markets.
“The Asian market has long been one of the pioneers in
hydrogen-based mobility solutions. Due to our many years of successful
cooperation with our joint venture partner, this is the ideal location for us to
expand capacity," said Dr. Alexander Unterschuetz, senior vice president
Components, Linde Engineering.
In 2014, Linde started the world's first
small series production for hydrogen refueling stations in Vienna. The IC90 and
Twin IC90 systems to be manufactured in Dalian are based on the Ionic Compressor
technology developed by Linde in Vienna. This technology has proved to be
energy-efficient and space-saving. A sufficient infrastructure of hydrogen
refueling stations is considered one of the key prerequisites for the market
success of emission-free fuel cell vehicles.
Linde is a global leader in
the production, processing, storage and distribution of hydrogen. It has the
largest liquid hydrogen capacity and distribution system in the world. The
company also operates the world's first high-purity hydrogen storage cavern
coupled with an unrivalled pipeline network to reliably supply its customers.
Linde is at the forefront in the transition to clean hydrogen and has installed
over 190 hydrogen fueling stations and 80 hydrogen electrolysis plants
worldwide. The company offers the latest electrolysis technology through its
newly formed joint venture ITM Linde Electrolysis.
Linde and the Dalian
Bingshan Group have been running a successful joint venture in Dalian since
2005. As Linde Engineering's most important production facility in China, the
company produces and sells large air separation plants and other plant
components.
As MRC informed earlier,
Linde has entered into a long-term agreement with Samsung Electronics to supply
ultra-high purity industrial gases for the South Korean tech giant’s latest
semiconductor facilities in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Currently the main
supplier of industrial gases to Samsung’s existing facilities in Pyeongtaek,
Linde said this second agreement will see the company build, own and operate air
separation plants in Samsung’s latest world-class manufacturing
complex.
As MRC informed earlier,
Linde GmbH and Shell have announced an exclusive collaboration agreement on
ethane-oxidative dehydrogenation (E-ODH) technology for ethylene production. The
catalytic process is an alternative route to ethane steam cracking, offering the
potential of economic advantages, acetic acid co-production and significantly
lower overall carbon footprint through electrification of power
input.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing PE and
polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's ScanPlast report,
Russia's estimated PE consumption totalled 1,594,510 tonnes in the first nine
months of 2020, up by 1% year on year. Only high denstiy polyethylene (HDPE)
shipments increased. At the same time, PP shipments to the Russian market
reached 880,130 tonnes in the nine months of 2020 (calculated using the formula:
production minus exports plus imports, exluding producers' inventories as of 1
January, 2020). Supply increased exclusively of PP random copolymer. |
