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Uniper secures govt funding for

Immingham hydrogen plant

UK A group led by German energy firm Uniper has The electrolyser will be developed by Siemens
secured UK government funding to produce and will likely be a polymer electrolyte mem-
Uniper is working on green hydrogen at the port of Immingham. brane. This is a newer type of electrolyser that
a similar project in Project Mayflower, as it is known, will have an offers more flexibility than older alkaline types,
Rotterdam. electrolyser capacity of 20 MW. Uniper is work- but it is also more expensive.
ing on the plan with Associated British Ports, According to Uniper, the green hydrogen
Germany’s Siemens Energy and Toyota Tsusho, plant could source renewable electricity from its
the trading arm of Japan’s Toyota Group. The nearby Killingholme power station. Toyoto Tsu-
funding came from Clean Maritime Demon- sho is considering what upgrades will be neces-
stration Competition. sary for hydrogen at the port.
Hydrogen from the facility will be used to Immingham is the UK’s largest port by
power facilities at the port that currently run on tonnage, and also serves as a critical hub for
fossil fuels, or will be used as a shipping fuel. The road, rail and sea transport, creating a strong
International Energy Agency (IEA), the World rationale for green hydrogen production there.
Bank and others believe hydrogen will play a Uniper and its partners secured GBP20mn
major role in decarbonising shipping – a sector ($27.55mn) in funding for the project from the
that currently relies heavily on oil-based prod- government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration
ucts for fuel. Competition (CMDC), which provides sup-
Uniper and its partners will conduct a fea- port for initiatives that decarbonise the mar-
sibility study on the plant and then undertake itime industry.
engineering designs starting in 2022. The aim is Uniper is also working with the Port of Rot-
to take a financial investment decision (FID) in terdam to establish a 100-MW green hydrogen
2023. plant there. ™

BSOG finishes installing Midia

platform off Romania

ROMANIA BLACK Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) has finished “We have reached another step towards pro-
installing a platform at the Midia gas develop- viding Romanian gas for Romania,” BSOG CEO
Mida is one of several ment off the coast of Romania, the company Mark Beacom said in a statement. “This Black
offshore gas projects announced on September 22, with drilling Sea project demonstrates the unique oppor-
that Romania is scheduled to start in November. tunity that Romania alone has in the EU to
banking on to expand BSOG, which is owned by private equity become self-sufficient in gas and thereby reduce
the role of gas in its group Carlyle, said it had now installed the its increasingly growing reliance on imported
economy. Ana production platform’s topsides, after gas from foreign countries.”
installing its jacket and a subsea pipeline ear- Amid delays at the Neptun Deep project,
lier this year. The hook-up and commissioning where partners OMV Petrom and ExxonMobil
of the infrastructure will take place next, the have complained that investment conditions in
company said, adding that overall the project Romania are insufficient for taking a sanction
was 70% complete. decision, Midia is set to be the first of these off-
Midia is one of several offshore gas projects shore fields to come on stream. However, the
that Romania is banking on in order to expand exact timing of the launch is unclear.
the role of gas in its economy and have supplies BSOG said last year it was hopeful of starting
spare for export. Comprising the Ana and Doina up production in November this year. But later it
reservoirs, the field is estimated to hold 10-20bn complained of delays at the onshore processing
cubic metres of recoverable gas. plant that will handle Midia’s gas. ™

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