KUCHING, Nov 24: Samsung Engineering has commenced the Sarawak H2biscus Green Hydrogen and Ammonia FEED (Front End Engineering Design) project in Sarawak.
Samsung Engineering, in a statement today, announced the matter following a kick-off meeting between LOTTE CHEMICAL, Korea National Oil Corporation, and Malaysia’s SEDC Energy (Sarawak Economic Development Corporation Energy) at Samsung Engineering’s headquarters, GEC (Global Engineering Center) in Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, in South Korea yesterday (Nov 23).
The president and CEO of Samsung Engineering Hong Namkoong said they had taken the first step in carrying out the main project of the H2biscus project, which has great significance domestically and internationally.
“We will successfully develop the project as well as the FEED, making H2biscus the role model for global hydrogen projects,” he said.
Samsung Engineering will execute the FEED for the green hydrogen plant with an annual capacity of 150,000 tons and a green ammonia conversion plant with a capacity of 850,000 tons in Sarawak, Malaysia, which is expected to be completed in 2024.
Samsung Engineering plans to derive a hydrogen production method optimised in terms of efficiency and economic feasibility by applying both PEM (polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysis) and AEC (alkaline water electrolysis) technologies, which are representative water electrolysis technologies, at the FEED stage.
This H2biscus project is a project to produce clean hydrogen based on renewable energy in Sarawak and introduce it to Korea with the participation of Samsung Engineering, LOTTE CHEMICAL, Korea National Oil Corporation and SEDC Energy, launched in early 2022.
The project has started and is on track, including signing a renewable power memorandum of understanding with the Sarawak Electricity Authority in September of the same year.
The H2biscus project will produce and introduce clean hydrogen based on renewable energy in Sarawak. It is cruising by securing renewable power in September of the same year after starting the project in early 2022.
Based on this FEED, a Final Investment Decision (FID) will be made at the end of 2024. Once FID is approved, EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) is expected to begin at the end of 2024, and commercial hydrogen production is expected in early 2028. — DayakDaily
