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IGU urges support for renewable gases

GLOBAL GOVERNMENT policies to promote the use of delivering on emission goals in the nearer term,
so-called green gases such as biogas and hydro- the IGU said.
gen are falling far short of the support needed to “Given the scale of the decarbonisation
realise their potential in decarbonising the gas challenge, and the need for as many worka-
grid, the International Gas Union (IGU) warned ble solutions as possible to ease the pains of a
in a report published on November 10. global energy transition, all forms of renewable
The IGU, which represents dozens of gas gas should be pursued as quickly as possible,”
companies across the world, estimates that the union continued. “This will require strong
enough sustainable biogas could be produced and clear policy support from governments
to replace about 20% of current natural gas globally, robust entrepreneurial initiative from
demand globally. But the current production the incumbent industry players and disruptors
of biogas and bio-methane equates to just 1% of alike.”
total global gas output, with more than half of Access to capital will be essential for hydro-
that concentrated in Europe, with another 25% gen and biogas projects being realised, the IGU
located in China. The current pipeline of pro- stressed.
jects will produce 20 times less than this. Kang said there was a problem with a lack of
And while many countries see hydrogen transparency regarding the volume and pricing
development as essential for realising their car- of renewable gases. He added that “developing
bon goals, the increase in low-carbon hydrogen effective growth strategies requires an under-
production has been limited in the past five standing of the baseline, and that is what we aim
years, the IGU said. Today, low-carbon hydro- to establish with this series.” ™
gen output accounts for just 0.03% of worldwide
natural gas output.
“The current level of planned and installed
production capacity for renewable and low-car-
bon gases appears negligible compared to the
stated plans, and that must be changed,” IGU
president Joe Kang commented. “This report is a
call to action on all fronts – policy, industry, and
the financial community. We all need to play our
part if there really will be a practicable gaseous
energy revolution.”
Though policymakers have far more inter-
est in hydrogen than bio-methane, the latter is
already produced in far greater quantities and
so it needs to be recognised as a key tool for The IGU has called for increasing biogas and hydrogen output (File Photo)

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
KGL signs FEED-related service contract

for NewGen green hydrogen project

UK-BASED io consulting, a global project “provide early-stage engineering and design
development group formed by Baker Hughes services prior to final FEED award for [a new]
and McDermott International (US), has won a hydrogen plant, including execution of the
contract for services related to front-end engi- assessment of electrolyser supplier proposals.”
neering and design (FEED) work on a green The consultancy added that it was “com-
hydrogen project in Trinidad and Tobago. mencing its FEED-related work with NewGen
In a statement dated November 11, io said by initiating the final selection of a suitable elec-
it had signed the contract with KGL, a subsid- trolyser technology supplier, since the electro-
iary of Kenesjay Systems Ltd (KSL) of Trinidad lyser OEM supply is a major component of the
and Tobago. It explained that it had agreed to design for the overall NewGen facility.”

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