First Bio-LNG to Marine Shipping

Introduction

To contribute to the energy transition in the shipping industry, three parties have joined forces to close the supply chain of renewable fuels and show how the marine industry can meet the increasing CO2 abatement goals. Attero, a large Dutch waste processing company with an existing organic waste digester, will supply biogas that will be converted into Bio-LNG with the innovative iLNG technology developed by the Dutch SME Nordsol. The high-quality Bio-LNG will be delivered to the marine industry via the infrastructure of Dutch SME Titan LNG as 100% drop-in fuel.

Technology Development

Nordsol has spent over a decade developing the state-of-the-art technology in this project up to TRL7. The goal of this project is to demonstrate the Zero-series of a commercialized fully integrated flexible/scalable design (to fit any biodigester in Europe), with zero emissions (resource efficiency of the liquefaction process is 100%) and increased energy efficiency (20%). This project is a giant leap forward and brings the technology to TRL8.

Expected Impacts

The FirstBio2Shipping project directly enables the following impacts:

• Annual valorization of 6 million cubic meters of biogas into high-quality low-carbon fuel
• Annual production of 2,445 tons of bio-LNG substituting 3,019 tons of heavy fuel oil (HFO)
• Annual avoidance of 8,776 tons of CO2-eq

Project Status

The project is very mature, having all relevant permits in place and feedstock and existing digester in place. Technology is largely off-the-shelf and validated in previous projects to enhance replication, cost efficiency, and scalability. Letters of support for Bio-LNG offtake contracts are in place. The goal is to reach financial close within 3 months after signing the grant agreement and start production within 21 months.

Experience and Collaboration

Attero and Nordsol are highly experienced in the realization of projects of comparable size and nature and will jointly invest in the hardware and operate it for 10 years and beyond. Titan has the proven experience to deliver LNG to any maritime customer.