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n a changing energy landscape, renewable energy is seeing
increasingly accelerated growth. As coal falls back, natural gas has
the potential to become the largest single fuel in the global energy
mix over the coming decades until eventually eclipsed by renewables.
The natural gas and LNG industry needs to improve its performance
in transitioning low carbon economies in order to retain its social
licence to operate as a vital low emission fossil fuel which can play
a key role in both replacing higher emissions fuels such as coal, and
also providing essential stability to power grids with high intermittent
renewable penetration. The industry needs to actively pursue more
Optimising
mid scale LNG
Nimalan Gnanendran, Australia, and John Baguley,
USA, LNG Limited,
explain how mid scale LNG trains
with combined cycle heat integration can increase
plant efficiency and reduce carbon emissions while
remaining cost-competitive.
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