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Press Release12 July 2022Siemens EnergyOntario, Canada
Siemens Energy to power the world’s lowest-emission
LNG facility
Woodfibre LNG will be powered by clean, renewable hydroelectric power, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80%
Siemens Energy will provide motors, variable speed drives, and the main refrigerant compressors for the Woodfibre LNG project
Once operational, Woodfibre LNG will provide over 100 jobs for the lifetime of the project
Siemens Energy announced today that it was
selected as the single solution supplier for the all-electric Woodfibre LNG
project near Squamish, in British Columbia, Canada. The environmentally
friendly LNG facility will be located at the site of a former pulp and paper
operation. It will be sized for 2.1 million tonnes per annum and utilize clean,
renewable hydroelectricity, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by more than
80%.
Woodfibre LNG will be powered by clean, renewable hydroelectric power, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80%
Siemens Energy will provide motors, variable speed drives, and the main refrigerant compressors for the Woodfibre LNG project
Once operational, Woodfibre LNG will provide over 100 jobs for the lifetime of the project
Siemens Energy announced today that it was
selected as the single solution supplier for the all-electric Woodfibre LNG
project near Squamish, in British Columbia, Canada. The environmentally
friendly LNG facility will be located at the site of a former pulp and paper
operation. It will be sized for 2.1 million tonnes per annum and utilize clean,
renewable hydroelectricity, reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by more than
80%.
Above: Woodfibre LNG will be powered by clean, renewable hydroelectric
power.
Siemens Energy’s scope includes all
equipment associated with the main refrigeration trains, including compressors,
synchronous motors, variable speed drives, converter transformers, harmonic
filters, and numerous powerhouses. The main refrigeration compressor trains are
one of the components of the liquefaction process that produces the LNG that
will eventually be stored in tanks and then transported to LNG tankers for
shipping abroad.
“LNG will play an essential role in a more
sustainable future as we continue looking at ways to decarbonize the natural
gas chain,” said Thorbjörn Fors, Executive Vice President, Industrial
Applications at Siemens Energy.” This project is important, because it will
help support the journey toward global decarbonization with exports to Asian
economies currently driven by coal.”
“Woodfibre LNG is working to incorporate a
sustainable approach into as many aspects of our project’s engineering and
design as possible,” said company president Christine Kennedy. “This includes
using safe, efficient equipment for the LNG refrigeration process – like that
which Siemens Energy will supply – to build what will become the world’s
lowest-emission LNG export facility.”
The project is expected to reach
substantial completion in 2027 and begin commercial operation by September of
that year.
