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Alstom reinforces its capabilities in CO2 capture with the acquisition of former Lummus Global engineering unit
30 October 2009
Alstom has acquired the engineering office of the former Lummus Global, a leading provider of technology for the hydrocarbon processing industry, in Wiesbaden, Germany. The unit, renamed ALSTOM Carbon Capture GmbH, will be integrated into Alstom’s CO2 Capture Systems activity.
Alstom has acquired the engineering office of the former Lummus Global, a leading provider of technology for the hydrocarbon processing industry, in Wiesbaden, Germany. The unit, renamed ALSTOM Carbon Capture GmbH, will be integrated into Alstom’s CO2 Capture Systems activity.
ALSTOM Carbon Capture GmbH has extensive experience in numerous fields of chemical processing applications, especially for the oil & gas, petrochemical and chemical processing industries.
The unit consists of over 100 employees with the full set of skills and capabilities required for the design and turnkey delivery of CO2 capture plants based on considerable experience gained in its traditional markets.
This acquisition will enable Alstom to make its CO2 capture technologies available to its customers with greater responsiveness and efficiency, as the issue of greenhouse gas abatement and the need for CO2 capture and storage becomes ever more immediate. It will support the increasing demand for studies, FEED* packages, pilot plants and demonstration units driven by the need to accelerate the commercialisation of effective and efficient large scale CCS facilities.
Andreas Lusch, Senior Vice President and Head of Thermal Systems at Alstom Power, declared: “ALSTOM Carbon Capture GmbH will be a great asset to the Alstom group. Alstom is committed to leading the industrial fight against climate change by providing its customers with smart CO2 capture solutions, which complements our broad offering of integrated solutions for new and existing power plants, for both renewable and more traditional energies.”
Alstom is a global leader in the development of CO2 capture technology and is currently involved in ten major CCS demonstration projects, with four pilot projects completed, two in construction and four under various stages of study. Alstom has formed partnerships with WE Energies, EPRI, AEP and The Dow Chemical Company in the USA, E.ON in Sweden, Vattenfall in Germany and Total in France. Alstom has also signed a contract with StatoilHydro for a CO2 capture demonstration plant at Mongstad in Norway, using Alstom’s chilled ammonia technology, and is actively working with PGE Elektrownia Belchatow on a large scale CCS project based on advanced amines. Most recently, Alstom and TransAlta have launched Project Pioneer in Canada, a large-scale chilled ammonia demonstration facility designed to capture and store 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
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