Nim Gnanendran Ph.D., NimblEng Energy Consultants, Australia, explains why mid scale LNG trains are an ideal size for the development of blue LNG concepts.
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atural gas – being a low-carbon fossil fuel – continues to play a key role in displacing coal in the power generation sector. However, falling solar and wind power generation costs and changing global attitudes towards fossil fuel-based energy systems has seen the natural advantage of gas waning ever so quickly. With
global energy markets in transition towards low-carbon energy, there is a growing scrutiny of the carbon intensity of LNG produced from various sources and an appetite for sourcing lower carbon LNG. For the purpose of this article, blue LNG is defined as LNG produced with more than 90% of carbon associated with the production, liquefaction, and
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