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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Linde says it will
build, own, and operate the world’s largest proton exchange membrane (PEM)
electrolyzer plant for the production of green hydrogen at the Leuna chemical
complex in Germany, reported Chemweek.
The 24-megawatt electrolyzer
will produce hydrogen from renewable sources to supply Linde’s industrial
customers at the site through an existing pipeline network. Liquefied green
hydrogen will also be distributed to refueling stations and other industrial
customers in the region, it says.
The electrolyzer will be built by ITM
Linde Electrolysis, a joint venture of Linde and ITM Power, with the plant
scheduled to start production in the second half of 2022. No investment figure
was given.
Clean hydrogen “is part of the solution to help reduce carbon
dioxide emissions across many industries, including chemicals and refining,”
says Jens Waldeck, president/western Europe West at Linde. “This project shows
that electrolyzer capacity continues to scale up and it is a stepping stone
towards even larger plants,” he says.
Linde has the largest liquid
hydrogen capacity and distribution system in the world and also operates the
world’s first high-purity hydrogen storage cavern, it says. It has installed 80
hydrogen electrolysis plants worldwide.
As MRC
informed earlier, in late 2019, the TOTAL refinery in Leuna awarded
Bilfinger two further major contracts worth roughly EUR30 million: the first
involves exchanging the reactor systems; the second, performing the turnaround
for the plant’s POX methanol facility.
We remind that Total is evaluating
new gas cracker project in South Korea as part of petchems growth
strategy.
Ethylene and propylene are feedstocks for producing
polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).
According to MRC's DataScope report,
PE imports to Russia decreased in January-November 2020 by 17% year on year and
reached 569,900 tonnes. High density polyethylene (HDPE) accounted for the
greatest reduction in imports. At the same time, PP imports into Russia
increased by 21% year on year to about 202,000 tonnes in the first eleven months
of 2020. Propylene homopolymer (homopolymer PP) accounted for the main increase
in imports. |
