Electric drive LNG can grow with the clean energy transition

As companies across markets set aggressive decarbonization goals and sustainability commitments to align with changing regulations and consumer demands for greener energy and fuel, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry is searching for ways to lower emissions. Electric drive LNG (e-LNG) has emerged as a potential solution to help lower carbon emissions in liquefaction plants and, in some cases, cut costs. Familiar to the market and already commonly used in small- and medium-scale plants, e-LNG uses electric motors to drive refrigerant compression rather than combustion gas turbines. Of the 40 liquefaction plants the author’s company has engineered, 26 are driven by electric motors. As ea