Low Carbon Solutions
Reinertsen New Energy has delivered technical and economic studies and engineering within Low Carbon Solutions for 15 years.
Reinertsen New Energy offers the following engineering services:
Blue hydrogen and ammonia production (from natural gas) with ultra-high carbon capture and storage (CCS), and internal power generation.
Green hydrogen production (from renewable power).
CCS applied on Flue gas/Exhaust gas from industry, power generation etc.
Transportation and storage of hydrogen, ammonia and CO2.
Use of hydrogen and clean ammonia in the process industry and for power generation in gas turbines, internal combustion engines (ICE) and fuel cells.
SINTEF/NTNU 2022 – 2030
Research partner, Low Emission Centre and HYDROGENi.
In HYDROGENi we have contributed to reports for Hydrogen/Ammonia Use-cases. Our work has been to propose and analyse the value chains for clean hydrogen and ammonia.
The value chains have included upstream, production, transportation and CCS.
The emission of Green House Gas (GHG) has been minimised and the CAPEX, OPEX and the resulting fuel cost are estimated.
Equinor 2024 – ongoing
CO2 Highway
CO2 Highway is a CO2 transport and storage project intended to connect CO2 reservoirs on the Norwegian continental shelf to Northwestern European emitters via an offshore CO2 pipeline. The capacity will be 27 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
Reinertsen New Energy is involved through the Equinor Framework Agreement, where we provide Engineering Support to Equinor’s project team:
Development of tender documentation
Market screening
Technical support in tender evaluation
Follow-up of FEED contractors
Hydro Energi 2020 – ongoing
Høyanger Hydrogen Pilot Project
Green hydrogen can replace fossil energy in the recycling of aluminium, enabling zero-carbon aluminium products. In a three-year industrial scale pilot, Hydro will test green hydrogen technology in the new recycling unit at Hydro Høyanger, Norway.
Reinertsen New Energy is engaged through the Hydro Framework Agreement providing owners engineer services to the Hydro project team.
Reinertsen New Energy covers the following Engineering services:
Process
Piping & Layout
Mechanical
Material
Internal study 2024 – 2025
Large Scale Low Carbon Hydrogen Production from Natural Gas
Screening study of technology intended for Large Scale Low Carbon Hydrogen Production from Natural Gas. The goal is to develop a hydrogen value chain to provide Europe with blue hydrogen produced at the southwest coast of Norway, based on Norwegian natural gas.
The project performed a technological evaluation of a large-scale blue hydrogen production plant, benchmarking the available reformer technologies for low-emission production (ATR, GHR-ATR and POx) with regards to:
Energy efficiency
Steam and oxygen consumption
CO2 emission and capture rate
Electricity consumption
Technology Readiness Level
Single-train production capacity
CAPEX costs
Altera Infrastructure 2023 – 2025
Stella Maris CCS
Stella Maris CCS is a large-scale, flexible, scalable maritime logistics solution for captured CO2 from industrial sources, covering the whole chain – from collection to storage.
A single Stella Maris project will have the capacity to store 10 million tonnes per year.
Reinertsen has provided Owners Engineer Services covering:
Technical Authority for Process Design
System design for Floating Injection Unit
Fichtner / Mitsui 2023 – 2024
Green Hydrogen Mosjøen, Gen2 Energy
Technical due dilligence of Gen2 Energy green hydrogen plant in Mosjøen.
The plant is planned for production of hydrogen and export to Norway/Europe with pressurized containers transported by ship.
Reinertsen New Energy performed a technical Due Dilligence as a part of Mitsui investment evaluation process.
We supported Fichtner with competence in technical safety and permit process.
ILF / 45-8 Energy 2023
ILF Guhlen Project
Study to develop a blue hydrogen plant based on GHR-ATR technology combined with cryogenic separation of CO2 and PSA at an Eastern German location.
Reinertsen has identified and described the main process components and the plant size and cost for production of hydrogen with a high degree of CO2 capture.
The scope of work covered:
Description of the process facilities required to produce H2 from natural gas.
Definition of the main components of the plant with approximate size and CAPEX.
The study was based on RENEs process simulation model and experience from previous work.
Description of the main utilities required (electric power, steam and cooling systems) showing thermal efficiency and power requirements.
Overall description of the main concept with indicative area and CAPEX.
Hydro Havrand 2023
Høyanger Hydrogen
Owners Engineer following up:
Technology qualification of using H2 to melt aluminum.
5MW Electrolyzer supplied by Plugpower
Piping integration
New furnaces with H2 in parallel with LNG for melting and recycling aluminum
120m3 buffer tank, 260kg H2, 45barg
This is step 1 with H2 for 1 oven, with a plan to expand to more ovens.
SINTEF 2023
Test rig for flow metering of liquid/dense CO2
SINTEF Energy Research is designing an experimental facility to be used in verification of CO2 flows, including CO2 rich mixtures.
Reinertsen New Energy has performed Engineering design verification, cost estimation and preparation of execution schedule for establishing a facility for testing of flow metering technologies for liquid / dense CO2 service.
The rig’s main components are a primary flow metering reference, two secondary Coriolis flow meters, and a meter under test. It will work as a “blow-down” system with flow going from one high pressure tank to a tank with lower pressure.
Internal study 2023
CO2 injection pipeline system
Study to investigate the possibilities of installing a CO2 pipeline with appropriate dimensions from a suitable location at Øygarden to the Smeaheia field. In addition, the necessary subsea facilities and structures at the field shall be evaluated.
An annual CO2 storage capacity of 20Mt/year will require:
24" main pipeline (OD 610 x 19.1 mm)
16” branch flowlines (OD 406 x 20.6 mm)
The following tasks were covered by the study:Flow Assurance
Pipeline system design
Field layout
Electro/Instrument
Material evaluations
RFO and commissioning
HSE and Risk assessment
Cost estimation
Internal study 2019 – 2023
Emission-free production of blue H2 (HyPro-Zero)
Internal study to develop a cost-efficient process for production of hydrogen from natural gas focusing maximum carbon capture rate and minimizing the CAPEX.
The HyPro-Zero process is filed for patenting and have been presented on several international conferences: ERTC 2019 and 2020,
First Element Conference 2021, Europen Gas Conference.
HyPro-Zero is later expanded to be self-sufficient on electrical power and to include the production of Ammonia.
Hydrogen Mem-Tech 2011 – 2022
Development of palladium membranes
Technical support and design at all levels for development and testing of Pd-membranes for purification of hydrogen from syngas.
Internal study / Siemens Energy 2022
Integrated Combined Heat & Power Concept
Reinertsen New Energy and Siemens Energy has performed an internal study to find a solution where a blue hydrogen production plant can be made self-sufficient and generate its own clean power supply.
The developed concept is based on close integration of gas turbines with a blue hydrogen production plant
Hydrogen from the production plant is utilized as fuel to avoid CO2 emissions and the need for flue gas CO2 capture
The gas turbines are utilized in a CHP concept to obtain high efficiency
The RENE / Siemens concept utilizes a Heat Recovery Steam Generator with supplementary firing to generate steam
The generated steam is supplied to the process and used to provide front-end heating of the feedstock to the plant
Supplementary firing provides flexibility with respect to steam generation and balancing power generation and steam generation
Gassco 2022
Hydrogen Compressor study
As a partner in the Joint Industry Project Low Carbon Energy Hub Gassco is investigating technical solutions for pipeline export of hydrogen, both blue and green, from large scale production.
This study focused on finding suitable compressor solutions for large scale compression of hydrogen for pipeline transport. Any technology gaps and limitations were identified as well as any step changes in technology.
The main components of the plant were described and identified with approximate size, weight, and CAPEX.
Possible and realistic further developments in compressor technology was described
The main utilities required (electric power and cooling systems) was described showing thermal efficiency and power requirements.
Overall description of the main concept with indicative area, weight, and cost
The Study included layout sketches of the plant, system description and general flow diagrams.
Gasnor 2021
Production of green LH2 for ferries (Vestfjorden)
Engineering Services related to production facilities for green liquefied hydrogen.
The work also comprised review and verification of design bid documents, review of system interfaces and overall system design.
Hoegh LNG 2021
Blue hydrogen from LNG
Study for production of blue hydrogen based on gasified LNG.
The HyProZero process for production of blue hydrogen with CO2 capture was described with PFD’s, MEL, layout and a rough cost estimate.
The possible benefits of integrating the LNG gasification process with production of blue hydrogen was also studied.
Worley Ltd 2021
UK blue hydrogen project (BP H2Teesside)
Screening study where RENE has provided input to the evaluation of possible technologies for blue hydrogen production.
Hydrogen capacity: 300 – 1000 MWth (9 – 30 tonH2/hour)
Gasnor 2020
Hydrogen – ship-based solution – LOHC
Early phase study evaluating LOHC for ‘Grønt Skipsfarts-program’ -LOHC = Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier.
LOHC is a secure method for storing hydrogen but requires large amounts of energy for releasing the hydrogen from the carrier.
Evaluation of maturity of the technology, and possibilities and consequences of installing such a facility onboard a bulk vessel of approx. 4000 tonnes
Internal study 2020
Compressor Technologies for Hydrogen Pipeline Distribution
Detailed appraisal of mechanical, non-mechanical and hybrid compressors.
The screening considered advantages and disadvantages related to commercial availability of the technology. Consideration of CAPEX, OPEX, efficiency and equipment footprint size were also included in the screening.
Material selection, testing and verification was highlighted as one of the critical topics.
Internal study 2020
Gas pipelines for efficient hydrogen transportation
Internal study to determine the feasibility and cost of exporting hydrogen to Europe through existing gas pipelines, or through new H2 pipelines.
The study covered pipeline material and design aspects to accommodate H2 transport including evaluation of existing standards, rules and regulations.
The study also established the CAPEX and OPEX of the different alternatives.
Equinor 2019
MastBlue Hydrogen production at Tjeldbergodden Methanol planter agreement - Engineering
Feasibility study to describe a blue hydrogen production plant based on GHR- ATR technology from Johnson Matthey. The capacity of the pilot-plant was in the range of 1.5 t/hr.
The study included integration with the existing methanol plant as well as definition of all equipment. A preliminary layout was developed together with cost and schedule for the plant.
Large scale offshore and onshore blue hydrogen plants was also studied during same project.
SINTEF with Equinor & Total 2019
CO2 vertical flow test rig
Engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a fully integrated test-rig of a vertical flow circuit to be used for verification and testing experiments with CO2.
The rig comprises an 80 m deep well with a U-tube made of two vertical tubes (large and small diameter) installed inside the casing.
The U-tube outside temperature is controlled by circulating a heating fluid inside the well casing. The U-tube arrangement is connected to an existing horizontal test rig for supply and return of the CO2.
Arrangements for heating and/or cooling of the fluid is included in the design.
Gassnova 2018
Hydrogen market study
The objective of this study was to identify the most interesting geographical markets for blue hydrogen production from natural gas with CCS, and for associated hydrogen / CCS technology.
The study was mostly based on:
Hydrogen Councils rapport «Hydrogen Scaling up», 2017.
IEA, World Outlook Report, December 2017
Markets & Markets Hydrogen Generation, 2017
CRM Prototech 2017 – 2018
Clean Highly Efficient Offshore Power Carbon Capture – (CHEOP-CC)
Study to define a membrane separation unit for integration in the Prototech concept for energy production for offshore applications based on fuel cell technology (CHEOP-CC).
The system is based on steam reforming of natural gas with continuous hydrogen separation across the hydrogen separation membrane.
The hydrogen is used as fuel for HT-PEM fuel cells, and the remaining carbon-rich gas is used as fuel for SOFC, which generates heat that can be used to drive the reforming process.
A Palladium based H2 membrane is used to separate ~70% of the hydrogen for the HT-PEM system which is one of the key features for the overall mass reduction compared to a standard SOFC system. Subsystem requirements as well as cost analysis was included in the study.
Gassnova 2015 – 2018
Offshore hydrogen production
Study to evaluate the feasibility of offshore emission free hydrogen production with CCS.
The study covered:
Impact assessment for existing and new offshore platforms
Evaluation of suitable technology
Safety aspects of production and use of hydrogen offshore
Gasnor 2017
TBO hydrogen production and CO2 capture
Small scale capture and production of hydrogen from existing systems at the Tjeldbergodden methanol plant.
The study described the hydrogen production value chain, identified available and suitable area for the H2 production plant and clarified the availability for syngas purchases.
Potential local H2 markets were defined together with a rough estimate of the CAPEX and OPEX.
Gasnor 2016 – 2017
Production of blue hydrogen from LNG
The goal of this feasibility study was to define and describe a process plant for production of blue hydrogen to the TIZIR plant based upon LNG supplied to the site. The hydrogen shall replace coal in the industrial process at Tizir, Tyssedal.
The objectives have been to identify potential showstoppers related to economical, technical or safety aspects. A rough estimate of the capital costs and operational costs was made to provide an indication of the project cost.
