India’s first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), Hoegh Giant, arrived at H-Energy’s Jaigarh terminal in Maharashtra on Tuesday. With the berthing, the FSRU will now be gearing up towards commissioning in the coming weeks.
"This historic moment emphasises H-Energy’s commitment to be a significant contributor to the Indian LNG sector as well as it’s focus on sustainable and green energy solutions," the company said in a statement.
The FSRU has a storage capacity of 170,000 cubic metres and has an installed re-gasification capacity of 750 million cubic feet per day (equivalent to 6 million tons annually). The Hoegh Giant will deliver re-gasified LNG to the 56-km long Jaigarh-Dabhol natural gas pipeline, connecting the LNG terminal to the national gas grid.
Additionally, the facility will be capable of reloading LNG onto other LNG vessels for LNG supply to other terminals as well as reloading onto small-scale LNG vessels for bunkering services. The facility will also be capable of delivering LNG through truck loading facilities in near future for onshore retail distribution.
"This will be India’s first FSRU-based LNG terminal and it marks a new chapter in India’s mission for accelerated LNG infrastructure growth," Darshan Hiranandani, CEO, H-Energy said.
The Hoegh Giant is equipped with an open loop system using seawater as heating medium and is paired with propane closed loop intermediate regasification system which is an environment friendly system and does not have any adverse effect on surrounding seawater.
