Liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity has really taken off in the past decade, with big players like Australia and the United States getting into the game. More than 500 billion cubic meters of LNG were exported globally in 2021, up 44% since 2016, according to the BP Statistical Review. But with fast growth set to continue, there is a growing urgency to reduce the carbon emissions of LNG production facilities.
Heavy-duty gas turbines operating on natural gas lie at the heart of an LNG facility, providing power and compression to transform large volumes of natural gas to a liquid. If those turbines could run instead on lower-emissions hydrogen, at the level of reliability the LNG industry requires, that would be a big win. A new agreement between GE and Shell Global Solutions has its eye on this very outcome.
GE, leveraging its expertise in power systems…
