据石油新闻伦敦报道，芬兰著名科技集团瓦锡兰公司日前表示，该公司将在德国科隆建造一个二氧化碳中性的液化天然气（LNG）生产厂，该LNG厂预计将在2022年秋季全面投入运营。
瓦锡兰公司表示，这个碳中和LNG生产厂的LNG设计年产能为10万吨，所生产的LNG将用于德国国内运输行业。
瓦锡兰公司气体解决方案副总裁Antti Kuokkanen在一份声明中说，“LNG作为海运和运输行业中减少排放燃料的使用已经得到认可，而引入能够与LNG混合的生物LNG显然是使二氧化碳中性运输燃料成为可能的下一个步骤。”
用于生物LNG的原料是基于生物废料，例如液体肥料和食物残渣，这些废料被送入厌氧消化反应器内产生沼气。然后这些沼气被升级为生物甲烷并被注入天然气网。
瓦锡兰科技公司表示，其建在科隆的二氧化碳中性LNG生产厂将包括一个气体处理系统、一个液化装置储存罐、卡车加气站以及所有必要的安全燃烧和辅助设备。
瓦锡兰科技公司表示，这个碳中和LNG生产厂预计将在2022年秋季全面投入运营。
李峻 编译自 石油新闻
原文如下：
Finland's Wartsila to build carbon-neutral LNG production plant in Germany
Finland-based technology company Wartsila said Oct. 8 it would build a CO2-neutral LNG production facility in Cologne, Germany, that is expected to be fully operational by the autumn of 2022.
The facility is designed to have a capacity of 100,000 mt/year with the LNG produced set for use in the transportation sector, it said.
"The use of LNG as an emissions-reducing fuel in the marine and transportation industries is already well established, and to introduce bioLNG which can be mixed with LNG is the next obvious step in enabling a CO2-neutral transportation fuel," Wartsila's vice president for gas solutions, Antti Kuokkanen, said in a statement.
The feedstock for bioLNG is based That gas is then upgraded to biomethane and injected into the gas grid, the company said.
Wartsila said its plant in Cologne would include a gas treatment system, a liquefaction unit storage tanks, truck filling stations, and all necessary safety flare and auxiliary equipment.
"The plant is expected to be fully operational by autumn 2022," it said.