中国石化新闻网讯 据OE网站8月17日报道，总部位于英国的全球能源集团(Global Energy Group即GEG)和总部位于瑞士的综合能源公司普罗曼(Proman)合作，在苏格兰高地的尼格石油终端(Nigg Oil Terminal)开发了一个使用当地捕获的二氧化碳的可再生能源甲醇工厂。
GEG还是Nigg石油终端的所有者，Proman是世界上第二大甲醇生产商。
GEG表示，利用当地工业来源提供的二氧化碳开发一个工业规模的可再生能源制甲醇生产厂将被称为“Cromarty清洁燃料项目”。在顺利完成正在进行的财务和技术可行性研究以及项目的进一步开发和融资后，Proman将成为绿色甲醇生产设施的所有者、运营商和承购商。
据GEG称，Cromarty清洁燃料项目团队目前正在评估可再生能源甲醇生产和出口设施的商业、技术和财务可行性，该设施能够在Nigg陆上储存甲醇，并将甲醇装载到使用改造后的Nigg码头的散货船上出口。可行性研究是研究项目可行性如何随规模变化，确定项目最佳规模。
绿色甲醇是一种可再生的液体产品，用作运输燃料或化工原料。它是利用可再生电力中回收的二氧化碳和氢气，利用电解等成熟技术生产的。
GEG表示，绿色甲醇可以作为一种燃料，通过消除硫氧化物和颗粒物，大幅减少氮氧化物和二氧化碳的排放，从而大幅减少温室气体（“GHG”）的排放。
全球能源集团首席执行官Tim Cornelius评论道，我们很高兴能与 Proman 携手合作，共同为苏格兰打造这个具有开创性意义的项目。绿色甲醇可以从许多丰富的来源中提取，并且随着捕获北海二氧化碳的努力，我们希望成为 Acorn Project 等项目的重要客户和消费者，为更广泛的海上运输部门生产清洁燃料。
陆上和海上风能是世界上增长最快的能源之一，然而，即使没有足够的电力需求，风力发电也必须在生产后立即投入使用。当这种情况发生时，运营商别无选择，只能断开可再生能源与电网的连接，导致政府和运营商能源和成本的浪费。该工厂将有能力利用过剩电力生产绿色甲醇，然后可将其用作汽车或航运燃料，或用作数千种日常产品中的化学成分。
郝芬 译自 OE
原文如下：
GEG, Proman to Build Renewables-to-Methanol Plant at Nigg Oil Terminal
UK-based Global Energy Group and Swiss-based integrated energy company, Proman have partnered up to develop a renewable power to methanol plant using local sources of captured CO2 to be located at the Nigg Oil Terminal in the Highlands of Scotland.
GEG is also the owner of the Nigg Oil Terminal and Proman is the second-largest methanol producer in the world-
GEG said that the development of an industrial-scale renewable power to methanol production facility with CO2 to be provided from local industrial sources will be known as the “Cromarty Clean Fuels Project“. Subject to the successful completion of ongoing financial and technical feasibility studies, and further development and financing of the project, Proman will become the owner, operator, and offtaker of the green methanol production facility.
According to GEG, the Cromarty Clean Fuels Project team is now assessing the commercial, technical and financial viability of a renewable power to methanol production and export facility with the ability to store onshore at Nigg and load methanol to be exported on bulk carrier vessels using the repurposed Nigg Jetty. The feasibility study is investigating how project feasibility changes with scale, to determine optimal scale for the project.
Green methanol is a renewable, liquid, product that is used as a transportation fuel or as a feedstock in the chemical industry. It is produced from recycled carbon dioxide and hydrogen produced from renewable electricity using proven technologies such as electrolysis.
Green methanol can be used as a fuel which drastically cuts greenhouse gas (“GHG“) emissions by eliminating sulfur oxide and particulate matter, and significantly reducing nitrogen oxide and carbon dioxide emissions, GEG said.
Tim Cornelius, CEO of Global Energy Group, commented: “We are delighted to be joining forces with Proman on this potentially seminal project for Scotland. Green methanol can be made from many plentiful sources and with the efforts being made to capture North Sea carbon dioxide, we hope to become an important customer and consumer of projects such as the Acorn Project to produce clean fuels for the wider maritime transport sector.
"Onshore and offshore wind is one of the world’s fastest growing sources of energy, however, wind power must be dispatched as soon as it is produced, even if there is not enough demand for electricity. When this happens, operators have little choice but to disconnect the renewable source from the grid, leading to wasted energy and costs for governments and operators.
"This plant will have the capability of harnessing excess power to produce green methanol, which can then be used as an automotive or shipping fuel or as a chemical building block in thousands of everyday products.“
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