BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 21. Azerbaijan has a relatively small domestic hydrogen demand for industrial use, with no requirement for import, Trend reports via Azerbaijan National Hydrogen Strategic Outlook.
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Both the urea and methanol plants utilise natural gas reforming to produce a syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide mixture). The figure below presents the annual hydrogen capacity for each facility:
SOCAR Carbamide Plant 78 Kilo tonnes per annum (Ktpa)
SOCAR Methanol 120 kTPA
Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery 36 kTPA
SOCAR Azerkimya 17 kTPA
“Looking ahead, clean hydrogen has the potential to drive decarbonisation across many sectors of the economy, both by displacing existing demand and by enabling new applications. While hydrogen has numerous potential applications, many still require thorough testing. In some cases, alternative decarbonisation solutions may be more cost-effective or socially or politically appealing,” reads the report.
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