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Inoxcva to build small-scale LNG

regasification plant on Antigua

PROJECTS INDIA’S Inoxcva said on April 19 that it had won company as a step forward for the project. Car-
a contract from Caribbean LNG, a joint venture ibbean LNG and its shareholders are “proud to
set up by US-based Eagle LNG Partners and its work with Inoxcva on this state-of-the-art mod-
partner Antigua Power Co. (APC), for the con- ular terminal for Antigua and Barbuda, [which
struction of a small-scale LNG regasification will serve] as a template for our plans throughout
facility and terminal on the island of Antigua. the Eastern Caribbean, and [a] hub for cost-ef-
According to a company statement, Inoxcva fective, low-carbon fuel supply to the country
said it would be providing design, engineering and region,” he said.
and supply services for the project on a turn-key Hadeed also stressed the environmental and
basis. It did not reveal the value of the deal, but economic benefits of the project. “With secure,
it did explain that it would be building a facil- affordable, sustainable and reliable supply from
ity capable of taking delivery of small cargoes of Eagle LNG’s facilities in Jacksonville, Florida,
LNG and then regasifying them for use at APC’s USA, and the unmatched experience and know-
new on-island thermal power plant (TPP) at how of APC, Antigua and Barbuda will benefit
Crabbs, which has a capacity of 40 MW. from the use of this lower-carbon fuel creating
The regasification plant will be outfitted with opportunities for the country and the Eastern
vacuum-insulated storage tanks and a regasifi- Caribbean region,” he said. “Moving to gas also
cation system based on a modular design, noted enables the greater integration of renewable gen-
Vijay Kalaria, the Indian company’s global head eration in the country and the introduction of
of LNG operations. He also stated that all major bio-LNG and hydrogen into the fuel mix to fur-
critical equipment slated for installation at the ther reduce carbon footprint and meet commit-
LNG facility would be manufactured at Inoxc- ted goals for the country on carbon reduction.”
va’s manufacturing base in Kandla, a seaport in Eagle LNG, APC and the Antigua Public
the Indian state of Gujarat. Utilities Authority (APUA) joined forces for an
“We are excited and honoured to have been LNG-to-power project last year. According to a
given this opportunity ... Caribbean LNG’s ter- statement from the US Embassy in Barbados,
minal will be capable of receiving LNG through the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS, the three
smaller ships while provisioning for LNG dis- companies broke ground on the 40-MW Crabbs
tribution and ship bunkering in the future. Our TPP last July. The new plant will be the first gas-
innovative design and modularised concept will fired facility of its kind on the island.
ensure minimum site activity and enable faster No information was available as of press time
implementation of the project,” Kalaria said. on the exact volume of LNG slated for delivery
Meanwhile, Francis Hadeed, the director of to Antigua.™
APC, described the contract with the Indian

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