UAE Business: GE and Shell sign deal to develop pathways to cut carbon – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: GE and Shell sign deal to develop pathways to cut carbon – Gulf Digital News

GE Gas Power and Shell Global Solutions have signed a development agreement to pursue potential pathways aiming to reduce the carbon intensity of Shell’s LNG supply projects around the world.

With global LNG demand projected to almost double by 2040, decarbonisation is crucial in helping the company meet the world’s growing energy needs.

The largest source of emissions in an LNG facility stems from firing natural gas in the power generation and mechanical drive gas turbines. Therefore, one of the possible paths to decarbonise LNG production is to use hydrogen as a low carbon fuel in these engines.

Blue Hydrogen Process

However, the source and nature of this fuel matters as well, and Shell’s Blue Hydrogen Process is a leading technology that can deliver the lowest carbon intensity fuel of its kind, with technologies and building blocks tested and commercially proven at a large scale, that have been used in various industries for many decades.

“Having worked on hydrogen combustion technologies for many years, we are conscious that progress in this area will be the result of careful, dedicated research and collaboration by industry leaders and today’s announcement is a model of this approach,” said John Intile, Vice President, Engineering at GE Gas Power. “We