LNG player to build 120MW green hydrogen plant in Texas to reduce oil & gas emissions

Liquid natural gas company New Fortress Energy (NFE) has selected New York-based electrolyser maker Plug Power to supply a turnkey 120MW green hydrogen project near Beaumont, Texas, that will be among the largest in the US and scaleable to almost 500MW. The agreement, whose financial details were not made public, is the latest evidence of growing interest in the oil refining and petrochemical sectors to utilise green hydrogen for desulfurisation and feedstock processing. New Fortress expects the more than 50 tons per day output from the facility will supply both industries and others located in the Port of Beaumont and broader Sabine-Neches Navigation District on the Gulf of Mexico coast in east Texas. “The green hydrogen project site is strategically located on the banks of the Neches River in Jefferson County, Texas, affording proximity to industrial end-users as well as access…

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