Siemens Energy to assist greening of Canadian LNG project
Germany’s Siemens Energy and Quebec’s Symbio Infrastructure said June 22 they have agreed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which Siemens will provide engineering services and carbon footprint reduction solutions to the Energie Saguenay LNG terminal in Quebec and to its companion Gazoduq pipeline.
Symbio Infrastructure was previously known as GNL Quebec and is the lead partner of both projects.
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The proposed 10.5mn mt/yr Energie Saguenay LNG terminal, which is awaiting a regulatory decision from the Quebec government, will be powered by renewable hydroelectricity, and is expected to set a global standard for carbon neutral LNG production.
Similarly, the Gazoduq pipeline, which will bring western Canadian natural gas across Ontario and Quebec to Energie Saguenay LNG, has aspirations to be carbon neutral.
Together, they would make Energie Saguenay the world’s lowest-carbon LNG production facility, Symbio said, and would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 28mn mt/yr.
Under the MOU, Siemens Energy will provide a range of greener solutions for rotary equipment, electrical and digital infrastructure. In addition, the parties will work together to explore opportunities for the development of hydrogen.
Siemens Energy and Symbio also plan to align their partnership with the principles included in the March 2021 energy partnership between Germany and Canada to advance each country’s respective carbon neutral aspirations.