據(jù)天然氣加工網(wǎng)站2月3日?qǐng)?bào)道 液化空氣集團(tuán)繼續(xù)發(fā)展生物甲烷氣業(yè)務(wù)，在美國(guó)建造了全球最大的生物甲烷氣生產(chǎn)設(shè)施，這將使該集團(tuán)的全球生物甲烷生產(chǎn)能力達(dá)到1.8太瓦時(shí)。新的生產(chǎn)設(shè)施將使液化空氣集團(tuán)能夠繼續(xù)為其工業(yè)和運(yùn)輸行業(yè)的客戶提供低碳解決方案，并伴隨他們減少排放。

新生產(chǎn)裝置位于伊利諾伊州羅克福德市，將從廢物連接公司所有和運(yùn)營(yíng)的固體廢物處理廠的沼氣中生產(chǎn)生物甲烷。該裝置的年生產(chǎn)能力為380吉瓦時(shí)，為該集團(tuán)最大的單設(shè)施生產(chǎn)能力的裝置，該設(shè)施將于2023年底投入使用。另一個(gè)垃圾填埋場(chǎng)的生物甲烷生產(chǎn)裝置也正在威斯康星州德拉萬(wàn)建造，將于2022年第二季度初投入使用。得益于這兩個(gè)新裝置，液化空氣集團(tuán)正成為美國(guó)重要的生物甲烷生產(chǎn)商，與美國(guó)和加拿大工業(yè)和運(yùn)輸行業(yè)的客戶同行。

液化空氣集團(tuán)在整個(gè)生物甲烷氣價(jià)值鏈（從垃圾沼氣生產(chǎn)到生物甲烷氣凈化、液化、儲(chǔ)存、運(yùn)輸?shù)脚渌停┲姓宫F(xiàn)了自身的專業(yè)技術(shù)能力。在這兩個(gè)項(xiàng)目中，液化空氣公司除了使用自己的膜技術(shù)外，還將使用瓦加能源開發(fā)的一項(xiàng)補(bǔ)充技術(shù)。瓦加能源是一家專門從事填埋場(chǎng)沼氣價(jià)值化的公司。

在全球范圍內(nèi)，液化空氣集團(tuán)目前在全球擁有21個(gè)生物甲烷氣運(yùn)營(yíng)生產(chǎn)設(shè)施，年生產(chǎn)能力約為1.4太瓦時(shí)。羅克福德和德拉萬(wàn)兩座新工廠投產(chǎn)后，該集團(tuán)的生物甲烷生產(chǎn)能力將達(dá)到每年1.8太瓦時(shí)。

液化空氣執(zhí)行委員會(huì)成員émilie Mouren-Renouard表示：“與氫和二氧化碳捕獲技術(shù)一樣，生物甲烷在液化空氣公司為應(yīng)對(duì)全球變暖和保護(hù)環(huán)境而開發(fā)的解決方案組合中占有重要地位。宣布建造世界上最大的生物甲烷生產(chǎn)裝置，表明液化空氣公司決心與其客戶合作在整個(gè)能源轉(zhuǎn)型過程中，在工業(yè)和交通運(yùn)輸行業(yè)發(fā)揮重要作用，同時(shí)也為低碳社會(huì)的出現(xiàn)做出積極貢獻(xiàn)。”

王磊 摘譯自 天然氣加工

原文如下：

Air Liquide to build its largest biomethane production unit

Air Liquide continues its development of biomethane activities with the construction in the U.S. of its largest biomethane production unit in the world. This will bring the worldwide biomethane production capacity of the Group to 1.8 TWh. The new production unit will allow Air Liquide to keep providing low-carbon solutions to its customers in the industrial and transportation sectors and to accompany them in the reduction of their emissions.

Located in Rockford, Illinois, the new production unit will produce biomethane from biogas from a solid waste treatment plant, owned and operated by Waste Connections Inc. It will have a production capacity of 380 GWh per year, which represents the largest production capacity per plant for the group. It will be operational by the end of 2023. Another biomethane production unit from another landfill is also being built in Delavan, Wisconsin, and will be operational at the beginning of Q2 2022. Thanks to these two new units, Air Liquide is becoming a significant biomethane production player in the U.S. to accompany its customers from the industrial and transportation sectors in the U.S. and in Canada. 

Air Liquide has developed competencies throughout the whole biomethane value chain, from biogas production from waste, to its purification into biomethane, liquefaction, storage, and transportation to distribution. For these two projects, Air Liquide will use, in addition to its own membrane technology, a complementary technology developed by Waga Energy, a company specialized in the valorization of biogas from landfill sites. 

Globally, Air Liquide now has 21 biomethane operational production units in the world for a yearly production capacity of about 1.4 TWh. After the commissioning of the two new Rockford and Delavan plants, the Group’s biomethane production capacity will reach 1.8 TWh per year. 

émilie Mouren-Renouard, Member of the Air Liquide Executive Committee said, “biomethane, like hydrogen and CO2 capture technologies, has a prominent place in the portfolio of solutions developed by Air Liquide to fight global warming and preserve the environment. The announcement of the construction of our largest biomethane production unit in the world illustrates Air Liquide’s determination to accompany its customers in the industrial and transportation sectors throughout the energy transition, but also to actively contribute to the emergence of a low-carbon society.”