Shell plans bio power-to-liquids project at Rheinland refinery
- AuthorAndreas Franke
- EditorAlisdair Bowles
- 01 Mar 2021
London — Shell is planning to build the first commercial bio-PTL (power-to-liquid) at its Rheinland refinery in Germany, which will involve expanding its electrolyzer project at the site to 100 MW.
Construction of the PTL unit, which would produce 100,000 mt/year of synthetic kerosene and raw gasoline (naphtha) using green hydrogen generated in the electrolyzer as well as biomass (waste wood), could start in 2023, with a view to commercial operations beginning in 2025, Shell said in a statement Feb. 26.
Together with ITM Power and Linde, the company is currently commissioning what will be Europe’s biggest polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolyzer at the site, a 10 MW unit.
Construction for the expanded electrolyzer project, Refhyne II, could start 2022 pending a final investment decision, with ITM and Linde again partnering Shell.
Both projects at Wesseling near Cologne have applied for EU and German subsidies, it said.
“The Rheinland refinery is the motor and heart of Shell’s activities in Germany and will play a key role to supply products that differ from today’s oil-dominated offers,” refinery director Marco Richrath said.
Shell’s Germany head Fabian Ziegler said current mobility levels can only be maintained if sustainability levels for road, water and air transport increased. That requires a significant change to its product portfolio with Shell Germany planning to reduce its and its customers’ emission by a third within a decade.
Shell estimates the project would lead to an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions.
In January, Shell joined Vattenfall and others proposing a 100 MW electrolyzer at Hamburg-Moorburg.
Shell also proposed a large electrolyzer project at the Port of Rotterdam to be supplied by offshore wind.
On Feb. 25, Shell said it was to acquire Cologne-based virtual power plant (VPP) operator Next Kraftwerke. The company remotely connects and manages over 10,000 decentralized renewable energy units with over 8 GW capacity across eight countries in mainland Europe.
S&P Global Platts assessed the price of green hydrogen (Netherlands, PEM electrolysis including capex) at Eur3.88/kg on Feb. 26 compared to Eur1.50/kg for conventional hydrogen (SMR without CCS including carbon and capex).
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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I personally worked for Fabian for two years at Shell. I would be cautious of what the man says as he’s a little bit of a self promotional kind a guy. If you go back and look at the man’s track record he’s never really been a child long enough to live with his strategies. I am also a bit curious why shell would not put a German as the Germany country chair? Let’s see if she delivers for the first time in his career