據天然氣加工網站2月3日報道 液化空氣集團繼續發展生物甲烷氣業務，在美國建造了全球最大的生物甲烷氣生產設施，這將使該集團的全球生物甲烷生產能力達到1.8太瓦時。新的生產設施將使液化空氣集團能夠繼續為其工業和運輸行業的客戶提供低碳解決方案，并伴隨他們減少排放。

新生產裝置位于伊利諾伊州羅克福德市，將從廢物連接公司所有和運營的固體廢物處理廠的沼氣中生產生物甲烷。該裝置的年生產能力為380吉瓦時，為該集團最大的單設施生產能力的裝置，該設施將于2023年底投入使用。另一個垃圾填埋場的生物甲烷生產裝置也正在威斯康星州德拉萬建造，將于2022年第二季度初投入使用。得益于這兩個新裝置，液化空氣集團正成為美國重要的生物甲烷生產商，與美國和加拿大工業和運輸行業的客戶同行。

液化空氣集團在整個生物甲烷氣價值鏈（從垃圾沼氣生產到生物甲烷氣凈化、液化、儲存、運輸到配送）中展現了自身的專業技術能力。在這兩個項目中，液化空氣公司除了使用自己的膜技術外，還將使用瓦加能源開發的一項補充技術。瓦加能源是一家專門從事填埋場沼氣價值化的公司。

在全球范圍內，液化空氣集團目前在全球擁有21個生物甲烷氣運營生產設施，年生產能力約為1.4太瓦時。羅克福德和德拉萬兩座新工廠投產后，該集團的生物甲烷生產能力將達到每年1.8太瓦時。

液化空氣執行委員會成員émilie Mouren-Renouard表示：“與氫和二氧化碳捕獲技術一樣，生物甲烷在液化空氣公司為應對全球變暖和保護環境而開發的解決方案組合中占有重要地位。宣布建造世界上最大的生物甲烷生產裝置，表明液化空氣公司決心與其客戶合作在整個能源轉型過程中，在工業和交通運輸行業發揮重要作用，同時也為低碳社會的出現做出積極貢獻。”

王磊 摘譯自 天然氣加工

原文如下：

Air Liquide to build its largest biomethane production unit

Air Liquide continues its development of biomethane activities with the construction in the U.S. of its largest biomethane production unit in the world. This will bring the worldwide biomethane production capacity of the Group to 1.8 TWh. The new production unit will allow Air Liquide to keep providing low-carbon solutions to its customers in the industrial and transportation sectors and to accompany them in the reduction of their emissions.

Located in Rockford, Illinois, the new production unit will produce biomethane from biogas from a solid waste treatment plant, owned and operated by Waste Connections Inc. It will have a production capacity of 380 GWh per year, which represents the largest production capacity per plant for the group. It will be operational by the end of 2023. Another biomethane production unit from another landfill is also being built in Delavan, Wisconsin, and will be operational at the beginning of Q2 2022. Thanks to these two new units, Air Liquide is becoming a significant biomethane production player in the U.S. to accompany its customers from the industrial and transportation sectors in the U.S. and in Canada. 

Air Liquide has developed competencies throughout the whole biomethane value chain, from biogas production from waste, to its purification into biomethane, liquefaction, storage, and transportation to distribution. For these two projects, Air Liquide will use, in addition to its own membrane technology, a complementary technology developed by Waga Energy, a company specialized in the valorization of biogas from landfill sites. 

Globally, Air Liquide now has 21 biomethane operational production units in the world for a yearly production capacity of about 1.4 TWh. After the commissioning of the two new Rockford and Delavan plants, the Group’s biomethane production capacity will reach 1.8 TWh per year. 

émilie Mouren-Renouard, Member of the Air Liquide Executive Committee said, “biomethane, like hydrogen and CO2 capture technologies, has a prominent place in the portfolio of solutions developed by Air Liquide to fight global warming and preserve the environment. The announcement of the construction of our largest biomethane production unit in the world illustrates Air Liquide’s determination to accompany its customers in the industrial and transportation sectors throughout the energy transition, but also to actively contribute to the emergence of a low-carbon society.”