據石油新聞倫敦報道，芬蘭著名科技集團瓦錫蘭公司日前表示，該公司將在德國科隆建造一個二氧化碳中性的液化天然氣（LNG）生產廠，該LNG廠預計將在2022年秋季全面投入運營。

瓦錫蘭公司表示，這個碳中和LNG生產廠的LNG設計年產能為10萬噸，所生產的LNG將用于德國國內運輸行業。

瓦錫蘭公司氣體解決方案副總裁Antti Kuokkanen在一份聲明中說，“LNG作為海運和運輸行業中減少排放燃料的使用已經得到認可，而引入能夠與LNG混合的生物LNG顯然是使二氧化碳中性運輸燃料成為可能的下一個步驟。”

用于生物LNG的原料是基于生物廢料，例如液體肥料和食物殘渣，這些廢料被送入厭氧消化反應器內產生沼氣。然后這些沼氣被升級為生物甲烷并被注入天然氣網。

瓦錫蘭科技公司表示，其建在科隆的二氧化碳中性LNG生產廠將包括一個氣體處理系統、一個液化裝置儲存罐、卡車加氣站以及所有必要的安全燃燒和輔助設備。

瓦錫蘭科技公司表示，這個碳中和LNG生產廠預計將在2022年秋季全面投入運營。

李峻 編譯自 石油新聞

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Finland's Wartsila to build carbon-neutral LNG production plant in Germany

Finland-based technology company Wartsila said Oct. 8 it would build a CO2-neutral LNG production facility in Cologne, Germany, that is expected to be fully operational by the autumn of 2022.

The facility is designed to have a capacity of 100,000 mt/year with the LNG produced set for use in the transportation sector, it said.

"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," Wartsila's vice president for gas solutions, Antti Kuokkanen, said in a statement.

The feedstock for bioLNG is based on biological waste material such as liquid manure and food waste, which is fed to an anaerobic digestion reactor that produces biogas.

That gas is then upgraded to biomethane and injected into the gas grid, the company said.

Wartsila said its plant in Cologne would include a gas treatment system, a liquefaction unit storage tanks, truck filling stations, and all necessary safety flare and auxiliary equipment.

"The plant is expected to be fully operational by autumn 2022," it said.