EGA, GE To Develop Roadmap To Decarbonise EGA’s Gas Turbines
Sumaira FH Published November 28, 2021 | 06:00 PM
ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 28th Nov, 2021) Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and GE Gas Power (NYSE: GE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) develop a roadmap to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the operation of EGA’s existing GE natural gas turbines by exploring hydrogen as a fuel, as well as carbon capture, utilisation, and storage solutions.
The MoU was signed by Abdulnasser bin Kalban, CEP of EGA, and Joseph Anis, President and CEO of GE Gas Power Europe, middle East, and Africa.
EGA has 33 GE natural gas turbines at Jebel Ali and Al Taweelah, with a total power generation capacity of 5,200 megawatts. Electricity generation accounts for a significant proportion of EGA’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
The MoU between EGA and GE is in line with the ambitions of the UAE Government’s Hydrogen Leadership Roadmap, unveiled earlier this month in Glasgow during COP26. The roadmap will include development of a strategy to support low-carbon industries to contribute towards the achievement of the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative.
Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, said, "Decarbonising industries is a major pillar of the UAE Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative, therefore EGA’s plan to switch to hydrogen fuel and expand the use of carbon capture, utilisation and storage solutions supports our net-zero drive. With its efforts to reduce the emission intensity of its operations, EGA is a role model in environmental sustainability for the UAE’s industrial companies."
EGA and GE intend to set up a joint steering committee to create and drive the decarbonisation roadmap forward.
Abdulnasser bin Kalban said, "Aluminium has an important role to play in the development of a more sustainable society, and it also matters how sustainably aluminium is made.
Aluminium smelting is energy intensive, and generating the electricity required accounts for more than half the global aluminium industry’s greenhouse gas emissions. This work with GE will enable us to determine how we can reduce the carbon intensity of our power generation over the years ahead including by switching to hydrogen, and is an important step in our journey to ensure EGA’s aluminium can play its full part in helping the world tackle the generational challenge of climate change. It will also contribute to the achievement of the UAE’s Hydrogen Leadership Roadmap."
The decarbonisation roadmap will include exploring options for replacing natural gas with hydrogen and hydrogen-blended fuels for combustion in EGA’s GE turbines, as well as integrating carbon capture, utilisation and storage technology into EGA’s power plants and implementing the necessary changes required to the auxiliary and balance of plant systems.
Anis said, "Using hydrogen as a fuel and adopting carbon capture, utilisation and storage solutions could not only enable EGA to lower the carbon emissions from its electricity production, but also help to continue providing firm power on demand, supplying the reliable energy required to support their operations and growth. The initiative can serve as a model to emulate across various energy-intensive industries that require dependable, low carbon power generation capacity."
The MoU is a continuation of the companies’ joint efforts to enhance the sustainability of EGA’s operations.
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