Landsvirkjun, The Nationwide Energy Firm of Iceland, and German funding firm PCC SE have agreed to discover the potential of capturing and using carbon emissions from PCC’s silicon steel plant in northeast Iceland. Carbon emissions shall be utilized to supply inexperienced methanol that may, for instance, exchange fossil gasoline in ships.
The silicon steel plant of PCC BakkiSilicon hf. in Iceland is operated with 100% inexperienced electrical energy. © PCC SE
The manufacturing of inexperienced methanol requires a renewable carbon supply from PCC’s silicon steel plant in Iceland and renewable energy from Landsvirkjun´s energy stations. The method of methanol synthesis requires the enter of pure carbon dioxide and hydrogen from water electrolysis, with the one by-product being oxygen and water.
PCC SE goals for its silicon steel plant at Húsavík to turn into carbon-neutral by changing fossil carbon reductants in manufacturing with renewable alternate options. The plant at Bakki emits about 150,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide yearly because of the nature of the chemical response that reduces quartzite (SiO2) with a carbon reductant to supply silicon steel.
Catching and using the emitted renewable carbon to supply inexperienced methanol would enhance the carbon footprint of ships and trade using such gasoline and on high enhance the carbon footprint of PCC’s silicon steel plant past carbon neutrality.
Moreover, the character of silicon metals is such that with out it, there wouldn’t be the efficiency of solar energy within the European Union, nor modern options corresponding to next-generation battery anodes, that are key to larger capacities.
We at Landsvirkjun welcome the chance to collaborate on a inexperienced answer with a superb buyer. The vitality transition is pressing, particularly within the fleet. If we will use our renewable electrical energy to supply inexperienced methanol at PCC BakkiSilicon, we’re one step nearer to a inexperienced future.
—Hörður Arnarson, CEO Landsvirkjun
Landsvirkjun generates vitality from renewable sources: hydro, geothermal and wind. The corporate generates most of Iceland’s vitality (70%) and delivers vitality to trade, providers and houses in Iceland. In 2020 the whole vitality era was 13,305 GWh.
