New Fortress Power, Inc. (NFE) has launched its liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) terminal in Santa Catarina, Brazil.
NFE’s Terminal Gasoline Sul (TGS) is an offshore LNG import terminal with a capability of roughly six million metric tons each year (mtpa) and most send-out of 500 million customary cubic toes per day (MMscfd).
The terminal consists of the Winter floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) and a 33-kilometer, 20-inch pipeline, which connects the power to the present inland Transportadora Brasileira Gasoduto Bolívia-Brasil (TBG) pipeline, the New York-based firm stated in a latest information launch.
TGS “presents a high-growth alternative for the corporate inside the Brazilian energy and gasoline markets”, NFE stated. The terminal is linked by pipeline to the broader Brazilian gasoline market, together with greater than 3.5 gigawatts (GW) of energy that doesn’t have agency, long-term gasoline provide contracts and greater than 300 trillion British thermal items (Tbtu) of commercial and residential gasoline customers within the south area of Brazil.
NFE predicts that each energy and gasoline demand are set to considerably improve, whereas the historic major supply of gasoline provide from Bolivia has declined and is anticipated to additional diminish within the close to time period.
“TGS is instantly linked to greater than 3.5 GW of present energy infrastructure that lacks agency provide agreements, making the terminal a key asset in Brazil’s evolving vitality panorama”, NFE Chairman and CEO Wes Edens stated. “With quite a few new energy tasks required to stability the grid in Brazil within the close to time period, NFE is poised to satisfy rising demand by leveraging its vertically built-in portfolio of LNG belongings and experience”.
Final week, NFE additionally launched its six-mtpa Barcarena LNG terminal in Pará, Brazil, with the Energos Celsius FSRU on website.
NFE stated its Barcarena LNG terminal is strategically positioned on the mouth of the Amazon River in Pará, Brazil, and serves as the only real pure gasoline provide supply within the state of Pará and the North area of Brazil.
The power consists of an offshore terminal and FSRU that may provide LNG to a number of industrial prospects, together with a 15-year contract with Norsk Hydro’s Alunorte refinery, the most important alumina refinery on this planet. The terminal won’t solely assist industrial improvement but additionally “cut back emissions and air pollution within the environmentally delicate Amazon area by offering a cleaner, inexpensive and dependable different to oil-based fuels”, the corporate stated.
NFE stated it’ll provide Norsk Hydro’s alumina manufacturing facility with roughly 30 TBtus of pure gasoline yearly, decreasing the refinery’s annual carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 700,000 mtpa and supporting Norsk Hydro’s world dedication to cut back greenhouse gasoline emissions by 30 % by 2030.
The Barcarena terminal may also provide pure gasoline to NFE’s 630-MW energy plant, which is at the moment underneath building adjoining to the Barcarena terminal. The corporate stated the facility plant stays on observe to attain a industrial operations date (COD) within the third quarter of 2025 and is roughly 50 % full.
Moreover, the corporate intends to make the most of its present infrastructure in place in Barcarena to strategically increase its energy advanced by 1.6 GW underneath the beforehand introduced New Energy Challenge PPA, or capability reserve contract, with an anticipated COD no later than July 2026. NFE has utilized to switch the New Energy Challenge PPA to a permitted website adjoining to the Barcarena terminal and expects to shut the acquisition within the first quarter, topic to regulatory approval, in line with the discharge.
“Our Barcarena advanced is a good instance of NFE’s absolutely built-in LNG-to-power enterprise mannequin, the place our LNG import terminal gives a major aggressive benefit”, Edens stated. “We’re honored to assist Brazil, the state of Pará, and Norsk Hydro of their decarbonization efforts whereas rising vitality provide and financial alternative within the area”.
New Fortress Power describes itself as a worldwide vitality infrastructure firm based to deal with vitality poverty and speed up the world’s transition to dependable, inexpensive, and clear vitality. The corporate owns and operates pure gasoline and LNG infrastructure and an built-in fleet of ships and logistics belongings to quickly ship turnkey vitality options to world markets.
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