Decarbonization Ineos to Build Carbon Capture Enabled Hydrogen Production Plant in Scotland

Ineos has plans to develop a world scale carbon capture enabled hydrogen production plant in Grangemouth, Scotland. For this, the company is inviting bids from leading engineering design contractors for the design of the mega project. The produced low carbon hydrogen will be used to replace hydrocarbon fuels used at the Grangemouth site which will help to power its processes and manufacture important materials.

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London/UK – Ineos has plans to deliver a sustainable, Net Zero carbon future at Grangemouth, Scotland by inviting major engineering design contractors to tender for the next stage of the design of a world scale carbon capture enabled hydrogen production plant and major associated infrastructure.

Stuart Collings, CEO Ineos O&P UK, said, “We are progressing at pace with our commitment to deliver our Net Zero plans. This will see the displacement of hydrocarbon fuels used at Grangemouth, like natural gas, with clean, low carbon hydrogen to power our processes and manufacture vital materials used across a wide range of sectors. To achieve this, we are inviting bids from the best engineering companies to design both a state-of-the-art carbon capture enabled hydrogen production plant and an extensive suite of related infrastructure projects. The carbon dioxide from this project will be routed to the Scottish Cluster’s Acorn CO2 transport and storage project, resulting in reductions of more than one million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year.”

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Ineos has already committed over 671 million dollars on active projects across the site including investment in a New Energy Plant which is due to commission in late 2023. This power plant will employ highly efficient technology to supply energy to all our site operations and will drive down emissions by at least 150,000 tons of CO2 per annum. This new power plant will then be converted to run on hydrogen which will further reduce CO2 emissions.

Access to locally produced hydrogen will have benefits for other assets at the Grangemouth Site, fueling the existing Combined Heat and Power Plant, the KG Ethylene Plant and assets in the Petroineos Ref-inery. This will require a new hydrogen distribution network throughout the site and modifications to the existing fuel gas network, all of which are captured within the scope of the engineering design. The scope of design is also planned to provide capability to link the hydrogen production to third parties in the local area to support development of a local hydrogen hub.

Underpinning the Hydrogen project will be access to the Scottish Cluster carbon capture and storage (CCS) infrastructure. In excess of 1 million tons per year of CO2 from the hydrogen plant will be sent directly offshore through existing gas pipelines to be permanently stored in rock formations deep below the North Sea. The project will be an important part of both Scotland and the UK’s drive to Net Zero.

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