{"id":3267,"date":"2024-06-19T07:50:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2024-06-19T07:50:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:50:04","slug":"america-hydrogen-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoticias.com\/en\/america-hydrogen-energy\/3267\/","title":{"rendered":"America to produce new type of energy in 2027: 160,000 barrels per day and zero-emission"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House released its latest update on America’s decarbonization strategy, and many people and companies have passed it by as “it’s all been said and done<\/span>“.<\/span> Now, however, we have just learned of a project that is going to be the talk of the planet: this is the new type of <\/span>energy<\/span><\/strong> we are going to create in 2027, with a capacity of 160,000 barrels per day and zero emissions<\/span>…<\/span> to feed a plant that is already polluting.<\/span><\/p>\n

New energy to <\/span>be produced<\/span> in America: no more photovoltaic or wind sources\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Elemental Fuels is a <\/span>US<\/span> energy solutions company located in Texas, which is planning to change the face of the <\/span>US<\/span> refining market by developing a new hydrogen-based greenfield plant in the Port of Brownsville, Texas. This grand plan, likely to come into production by 2027, is a positive transformation from fossil-based to <\/span>clean<\/span> sustainable <\/span>sources of energy<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a production capacity of over 160,000 barrels, or approximately 6 MBPD<\/strong>, Elemental Fuels refinery will transform the current refinery industry by encompassing efficiency and sustainability. To this end, Rubis Group benefits from a 13 million barrels refinery throughput that refines 7 million gallons of finished gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel daily.<\/span><\/p>\n

The unique selling proposal that truly stands out about this refinery is how it solves <\/span>issues of<\/span> climate change and sustainability.<\/span> This plant can generate the hydrogen required by the refinery to supply a one-hundred percent fuel <\/span>needs;<\/span> thus,<\/span> minimizing its carbon dioxide emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

This project “has been” in development since the 70s<\/span><\/h3>\n

As you can imagine, the scale of work <\/span>that is<\/span> to <\/span>be accomplished<\/span> on the proposed project is vast. Elemental Fuels possesses the licenses to build and operate such a complex, large-scale refinery – a feat that has not been done in the United States for a long time, particularly since the 1970s<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The proposed refinery will require over 240 acres of <\/span>land,<\/span> and<\/span> install a hydrogen-compatible CC&GT power plant that shall generate beyond 100MW of electric excess to the ERCOT. To make this grand plan a reality, Elemental Fuels has awarded the contract to McDermott <\/span>International<\/span> responsible for the front-end engineering design endeavor of the complex, offsites, and utilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Elemental Fuels, to develop a new energetic model at one of the most known refineries in America\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Elemental Fuels facility underscores hydrogen as an essential energy source to power cars with refineries <\/span>located<\/span> in the United States. The EIA shows that demand for hydrogen in the U. S. refining industry has trended upward since 2006<\/strong> due to the ramping up of ULSD as the standard diesel for all on-road use.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sulfur is <\/span>especially important<\/span> when it comes to <\/span>the conversion of<\/span> low-gravity, sour crude oil slots where hydrogen is needed most. Similarly, there is a shift in the increasing trend of the purchase of hydrogen for the nationwide <\/span>refiners<\/span> where merchant suppliers contributed 70 % of the total <\/span>U.S.<\/span> refinery hydrogen demand in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

This shift is due to the abundance of by-product hydrogen derived from <\/span>hence from<\/span> processes such as the chlor-alkali industry and manufacturing of <\/strong><\/span>petrochemicals<\/strong> whereby hydrogen is a derivative by-product. This broader industry trend is also apparent in the Elemental Fuels refinery<\/span>, its<\/span> core production is related to hydrogen.<\/span><\/p>\n

For the refinery, the production of hydrogen means that it will be largely dependent on purchased hydrogen, thus enabling the refinery to be more efficient in its operations <\/span>as well as<\/span> cost-friendly. In the future, the Elemental Fuels project could be an example of how other refineries want to proceed with a more environmentally friendly approach and biodiversity-friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n

What could we expect from this combination of a refinery and <\/span>hydrogen<\/span><\/strong>? We will see in 2027, as this is a complex project that could, however, be affected by a hypothetical change in the color of government by the end of this year (which we will not go into). The decarbonization strategy for <\/span>energy<\/span><\/strong> is not as stable as we think, but this new fuel is the right path <\/span>to move<\/span> toward a zero-emissions future in America.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The White House released its latest update on America’s decarbonization strategy, and many people and companies have passed it by … <\/p>\n

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