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Project News
Bloom Energy and SK ecoplant collaborate on hydrogen project
Bloom Energy ( BE ) and SK ecoplant , an engineering and energy solutions provider and a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate SK Group , have announced a sale of Bloom ’ s electrolyzer technology to deploy hydrogen as an energy source in a large-scale green hydrogen demonstration with Korea Southern Power Co ., Ltd ( KOSPO ) and local government . The first-of-its-kind demonstration for South Korea , which will commence in late 2025 , includes 1.8 megawatts ( MW ) of Bloom ’ s industry leading Solid Oxide Electrolyzer ( SOEC ) technology to develop green hydrogen at scale for use as transport fuel on Jeju Island , South Korea . Jeju Island is known as a leading market for renewable energy projects . SK and Bloom have a strategic relationship on a number of projects in South Korea . For this project , SK and Bloom will combine the Bloom
Electrolyzer™ with SK ’ s engineered infrastructure to produce hydrogen ready to be used as transport fuel . The demonstration includes a consortium of companies and technologies . The Bloom Electrolyzer was chosen for its industry-leading high electrical efficiency , enabling KOSPO and its collaborators to achieve the highest efficiency results . Jeju Island ’ s “ Carbon Free Island 2030 ” project aims to fully convert all vehicles and electricity generation to renewables by 2030 . Hydrogen generated from this project will be used to advance that goal , demonstrating an alternative way to provide renewable and sustainable energy by helping supply green hydrogen to hydrogen refueling stations to power public vehicles .
Tecnimont to start engineering works for KIMA project
Further to the award of the project for a nitric acid and ammonium nitrate plant by KIMA , Egyptian Chemical Industries Company has announced that MAIRE ( MAIRE . MI ) informs that Tecnimont ( Integrated E & C Solutions BU ) has received the advance payment and the authorization to start the engineering works , while the notice to proceed with the full Engineering Procurement and Construction ( EPC ) activities is expected by the end of June 2024 .
The EPC contract was awarded to a Tecnimont-led consortium for an overall value of USD 300M , of which approximately USD 220M pertaining to Tecnimont . The plant will replace the older units for the ammonium nitrate at the site , significantly reducing the present greenhouse emissions thanks to state-of-the-art abatement systems improving the overall energy efficiency and environmental standards . Once in operation in 2026 , this plant will also allow to fully exploit the upstream ammonia production facility , recently built by Tecnimont and successfully started up in 2020 in the same industrial site , located in the Aswan Governorship , in Upper Egypt , thus improving the economic return of the complex . The ammonium nitrate will be used as a fertilizer both employed by local farmers to boost the productivity of their fields and exported on the international markets .
Proven MAN EGR incentivises continuous ME-GA engine orders
Nippon Yusen Kaisha ( NYK ), the Japanese shipping company has ordered 4 × 2 × 5G70ME-GA Mk . 10.5 engines in connection with the construction of 4 × 174,000 cbm . LNG carriers . All eight engines will feature MAN Energy Solutions ’ proprietary EGRBP ( Exhaust Gas Recirculation ByPass ) emissionsreduction technology . Bjarne Foldager , Head of Two- Stroke Business , MAN Energy Solutions , said : “ We developed this engine for easy application to most contemporary LNG carrier designs and , indeed , all ME-GA orders to date have been exclusively for this segment . Demand for the engine has been continuously strong since its introduction , especially due to its accompaniment by our selfdeveloped EGR system that comes proven by more than a decade of in-service , operational experience , and optimisation .” Thomas S . Hansen , Head of Promotion and Customer Support , MAN Energy Solutions , said : “ We have now logged more than 278 ME-GA engine orders since May 2021 . Of these , seven vessels have already entered service with a total of 14 ME-GA engines on board . We have obtained ME-GA engine orders from both Korean and Chinese shipyards , but this is the first order from this prominent owner and we are thankful for NYK ’ s trust in our product . We have a strong and longlasting relationship with NYK and are happy to now count it among our ME-GA customers .”
SLB announces collaboration with Geminus AI
SLB has announced an investment and technology partnership agreement with Geminus AI that will give SLB exclusive access to deploy the first physics-informed artificial intelligence ( AI ) model builder for oil and gas operations . The Geminus model builder fuses physics-based approaches with process data to produce highly accurate AI models that can be deployed at scale , far faster , and at much less cost than traditional AI approaches . The Geminus platform uses novel , physics-informed AI computing to translate constraints of the physical
world inside digital models . It requires only sparse data , and models are easily updated with the infusion of new data points . Data scientists and modeling engineers can use the platform to predict the behavior of complex systems and make informed realtime decisions . In a customer use case , SLB delivered a Geminus hybrid AIdriven application to optimize economic performance while reducing carbon emissions at a natural gas plant . The application , created by Geminus ’ physics-informed AI solution , was trained by data from SLB ’ s Symmetry™ process simulation
software . It took just days to create , including the underlying hybrid AI model and has the capability to evaluate 20,000 complex scenarios in under a
tenth of a second . The application enables operators to interactively explore the impact of changing process settings on the plant ’ s carbon footprint and yield .
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