Houston Based Synthesis Energy Systems Plans Three Coal Gasification Plants In China
Synthesis Energy Systems (SES) on Wednesday announced it will build three coal gasification in China in cooperation with local partner Zhangjiagang Chemical Machinery (ZCM).
Houston based SES said its Jiangsu Tianwo-SES Clean Energy Technologies Ltd. (TSEC) China joint venture partner, ZCM has secured orders of more than RMB 650 million ($105 million) for three industrial syngas supply plants, which will utilize SES gasification technology for seven gasification systems.
The agreement, announced on December 8, 2014, is between Aluminum Corporation of China, Shandong Branch, China's largest alumina and primary aluminum producer, and ZCM's subsidiary, Innovative Coal Chemical Design Institute (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (ICCDI).
ICCDI will serve as the general contractor providing all engineering and construction of the three projects. The new gasification plants will be built to provide a total of approximately 175,000 normal cubic meters (NCM) per hour of industrial syngas as a clean energy fuel for three existing aluminum manufacturing plants, located in the Shandong, Henan and Shanxi provinces, south of Beijing.
Additionally, ZCM announced that these projects represent the start of a new approach to the coal chemical industry in China, and will further the utilization of SES's leading clean coal gasification technology that enables the economic production of clean synthesis gas from low-quality coal.
ZCM added that, in addition to meeting the end-user's coal gas requirements, SES Gasification Technology provides customers with high-value cleaner energy, to help solve the current environmental problems, importantly speeding up the development of the clean energy industry.
"We congratulate our China JV partner, Zhangjiagang Chemical Machinery, on securing this award for three gasification projects with Aluminum Corporation of China," said Robert Rigdon, SES President and CEO. "We are glad to be making progress in China, expanding our installed base from five to 12 gasifier systems and moving forward with our vision of growth with blue skies. Additionally, this helps validate our decision to joint venture our technology earlier this year in China, and we believe this award opens up a market segment for new plants and the retrofit of large numbers of existing facilities in the region, supplying clean and economical fuel gas to numerous industries."