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Powering a decarbonized

world for everyone

Your journey
to sustainable
energy solutions

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The time is now
The future of energy is coming.
And while there are many unknowns, one thing is certain;
we need to change how we produce and use energy, now.

Wherever you are on this critical journey, Sumitomo SHI FW is


here to help you make the transition to cleaner, more sustainable
energy sources; allowing you to take advantage of changing
energy market opportunities, and play your part
in creating a decarbonized world for all.

130 Years of history

1800 Skilled experts

20+ Locations worldwide

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Your partner in
the transition to
cleaner energy
Sumitomo SHI FW has been committed to the Support at every step 06
creation of technologies that meet the world’s
changing energy needs, since 1891.
Energy solutions 08
From our world-leading boilers and gasifiers
to our cutting-edge liquid air energy storage
system CryoBatteryTM, in partnership with Energy generation 10 Emission control 12
Highview Power, our integrated solutions aim to
help you produce energy in the most affordable,
Carbon capture 14 Waste-to-value 16
sustainable and environmentally-responsible
way possible.
Energy storage 18
Many corporations talk about partnership, but
for us it’s fundamental. Because we know
that working closely with our customers to Decarbonization by industry 20
understand their unique businesses and
challenges, is the best way to help them solve
Energy 22 Waste 23
their problems.

And we don’t stop there. Sumitomo SHI FW is Metals 24 Sustainable fuels 25


a lifecycle partner, using our proven expertise,
financial stability and global reach to help you
optimize the efficiency of your new solutions in Cement 26
the real world.

Whether you’re refining your existing low- History 28


carbon operations, or taking your very first step
towards cleaner energy, we’re with you.

Our vision is to become the leading technology provider of


integrated energy solutions for decarbonized energy.

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Support at every step
Almost every industry leader and government is trying to work out
how to best tackle the technological, economic and regulatory hurdles
presented by climate change, without compromising energy security.

From inception to design, and across installation, optimization and


ongoing maintenance, we’re with you - even when that means
building an entirely new plant from scratch.

Integrated Services

Maintenance Modernization
Reliable Operations Reduced carbon footprint and efficiency improvement

Basic maintenance Technology modernization and upgrades:

– Tuning for compliance with new regulations – Fuel range expansions and conversions

– Balancing air and fuel flows for reduced erosion and – Capacity upgrades and process improvements

corrosion – BFB & CFB retrofits, CFB scrubber, DSI and fabric
filter retrofits
– Local service corners and spare part services
– Biomass gasifiers retrofits
– Outage, emergency, inspection and specialists
– Plant optimization studies, CFD, 3D modeling
services
– Condition monitoring of pressure parts

Digital Services Service agreements

Optimized plant operations Predictable cost and performance

– Boiler envelope Full and long term service agreements


– Bed management which enables your new boiler investment
– Fouling management to realize full potential
– Leakage detection

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Energy
solutions
World-leading
technologies to help you
maintain energy security,
reduce carbon emissions
and play your part in a
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Energy
Generation
Circulating fluidized
bed boilers - CFB

Our pioneering CFB boilers


have been the backbone of
global energy generation for
decades. Today they use all
kinds of solid fuels, including
biomass and refuse-derived
fuel (RDF), to produce reliable
and efficient clean energy.

This fuel flexibility enables a


reduction in reliance on fossil
fuels at the same time as Bubbling fluidized
cutting CO2 emissions - and bed boilers - BFB
all while using alternative
renewable fuels that are
locally available to you. Our BFB technologies
provide you with a reliable
What’s more, SFW works solution for recovering energy
closely with you to provide from difficult fuels, such as
comprehensive support and residual biomass and industrial
Waste heat
engineering services ranging waste. SFW’s BFB boilers can boilers - WHB
from advisory and planning, handle a wide range of high-
to design, procurement, moisture and high-ash fuels
construction, and after- with low emissions and high SFW’s WHB boilers are
sales services. Besides our operational flexibility. designed to recover energy
design and development from hot process gasses in
bases in Finland and Japan, This flexibility means BFBs non-ferrous pyrometallurgical
we have engineering, sales, can help you to balance furnaces or similar processes.
manufacturing, and service variable renewable energy Heat recovery increases
offices across Asia and Europe. generation sources, such energy efficiency, ultimately
as solar PV and wind, while reducing fuel consumption,
We are proud to have delivered providing cost-effective back- carbon emissions, and
more than 500 CFB boilers to up power and heating. environmental impact.
a wide range of customers
around the world, from BFBs are recommended for SFW has supplied and
in-house industrial steam combined heat and power, supported the operation
generation to thermal power industrial steam, power and of over 100 WHBs around
10 stations in the utility sector. district heating applications. the world. 11
Emission
material (alkaline sorbents or
activated carbon) directly into
the flue gas duct; mainly to

control
reduce acid gasses, mercury
and PCDD/Fs (dioxins and
furans) from flue gasses.
Circulating Baghouse, dry Fabric Filters are used in order
fluid bed sorbent injection to achieve the most restrictive
dust emissions in flue gasses,
scrubbers - CFBS and activated especially to capture fine dust
carbon injection particles as PM2.5 and PM10.

Emission limits for pollutants Sumitomo SHI FW offers


like SOx, NOx and particulate comprehensive solutions that
matter continue to tighten for enable the adaptation of new
power plants and industrial and existing facilities to meet
facilities worldwide. Acid gas the continuously decreasing
and heavy metal emissions, levels of permitted pollutants
such as of HCl, HF, and Hg, are i.e. the achievable emission
a major concern as well. level associated with the
Flue gas
best available techniques
Our CFBS are an efficient and
(BAT-AEL). Many years of denitrification
flexible flue gas cleaning (FGC)
experience in the field of
technology for removing a systems
combustion processes and the
wide array of pollutants from
accompanying mechanisms of
flue gasses from almost any
pollution formation affect the The use of fuels such as
combustion and industrial
optimal selection of flue gas coal, oil products, natural gas,
process. The technology has
cleaning concepts, as well as and municipal and industrial
been applied widely in power
plants, steel mills, refineries, the possibility of optimizing the waste to produce energy in
waste-to-energy plants, cooperation between the combustion plants causes the
combined heat and power boiler and the flue gas formation of pollutants such as
plants, and plants in many cleaning installation. nitrogen oxides (NOx). These
other industries. It has been are contained in the flue gas
Regardless of the type of fuel and can cause considerable
demonstrated over a range of
used, i.e. whether it belongs damage to the environment.
flue gas flow rates from small
to conventional sources, such
industrial boilers to large power
as coal, gas, or alternative NOx emission reduction can
plants with capacities over
sources like biomass or RDF, by achieved by converting
500 MWe.
the combustion process is the NOx formed by burning
accompanied by the formation process, into N2 and H2O via
of polluted gasses. The either selective non-catalytic
flue gasses contain many reduction (SNCR process) or
components that are harmful selective catalytic reduction
to all living organisms. (SCR process).

Dry sorbent injection (DSI) and Both SNCR and SCR are based
activated carbon injection (ACI) on the injection of reduction
12 are flue gas treatment methods reagents (ammonia water or 13
based on injecting dry reagent urea) into the flue gas stream.
Carbon
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Capture
Oxy-fuel

Oxy-fuel solutions can be SFW has ready design  Waste to energy plants
used to enable the creation for up to 300MWe power (Tail end CaL)
of carbon negative heat and generation, and capabilities for  Cement plants (Integrated
power. These cutting-edge further upscale. This game-
technologies replace boiler or tail-end CaL)
changing technology has been
combustion air with oxygen  Steelmaking process
demonstrated with several
and recycled flue gasses to thousand operational hours (Integrated or tail-end CaL)
create a product gas that is in Compostilla Spain in  Pulp mills (Tail-end and
inherently rich in CO2. This 30MWth scale. integrated CaL)
in turn allows the capture
Calcium looping has been
of CO2 without post
demonstrated in MWth scale
combustion systems.
with coal and clean biomass
The resultant rich CO2 stream and is upscalable to meet
can then be either delivered to your needs.
permanent storage or utilized
as valuable biofuels or bio- The technology can be
chemicals. installed as stand alone in
new deliveries or retrofitted to
The oxygen required for this Calcium looping - existing industrial facilities.
process can be produced in air
CaL / CLC
separation units, as by-product As with oxy-fuel, the oxygen
from electrolyzers splitting required for this process can
water into hydrogen and CaL utilizes natural materials be produced in air separation
oxygen, or via SFW’s Liquid Air such as limestone to capture units, as by-product from
Energy Storage system that is electrolyzers splitting water into
CO2 and does not require
equipped with air distillation for hydrogen and oxygen, or via
the production, utilization,
additional benefits. SFW’s liquid air energy storage
or disposal of highly toxic
system that is equipped with
Gas processing units may materials or solvents. CaL
be required downstream air distillation for additional
can be used to separate and
to purify CO2 and increase benefits. Gas processing units
capture carbon across a range
concentration to the levels may be required downstream
of processes and sectors
required for carbon storage to purify CO2 and increase
including: concentration to the levels
and utilization.
required for carbon storage
and utilization.

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Waste
to value
Oxy-steam Air Modular waste-
fluidized bed fluidized bed to-energy
gasifiers gasification plants

Oxy-steam gasification is Gasification is a process that Together with our strategic


a process that converts can find new value in traditional partner, Woima Corporation,
traditional fuels such as fuels such as biomass, SFW delivers turnkey waste-
biomass, municipal and municipal and industrial waste to-energy plants based on
industrial waste into valuable by converting these materials well-proven grate combustion
syngas. This technology uses a into combustible gasses. The technology. The wasteWOIMA®
mixture of oxygen and steam, resulting gas, called syngas or solution is a pre-engineered
instead of air, as the gasifying product gas, can replace fossil plant with factory-fabricated,
agent. By replacing air with a fuels in multiple applications. container-size modules. For
mixture of oxygen and steam, the customer, this means a
Our trusted partner the resulting gas, called syngas Our air gasification process reliable, high-quality and cost-
or product gas, is free from uses heat to break down low- effective solution with simple
nitrogen, making it suitable quality solids or liquid fuels into construction and a short time
Woima Corporation develops innovative
for other applications than their basic gaseous chemical to commercial operation.
modular, standardized solutions that enable
combustion. components. The result is a
the utilization of waste streams to their fullest
gas stream rich in hydrogen The world produces around
potential, either as raw material or as energy.
In this case, the syngas’ main and carbon monoxide, with two billion tons of municipal
It is based in Vaasa, Finland.
components are hydrogen calorific values up to 8 MJ/ solid waste (MSW) every year,
SFW has partnered with Woima Corporation and carbon monoxide, the Nm3. This gas can be used in of which more than 70% is still
since 2021. basic building blocks of many multiple applications, such as being landfilled, often at non-
valuable chemicals and fuels, replacing fossil fuels in heat sanitary dump sites. The World
including ethanol, diesel and and power generation, lime and Bank estimates that this figure
jet fuel. This means that oxy- cement kilns and gas turbines. will grow to 3.4 billion tons by
steam gasification technology 2050 - a colossal increase
can unlock the value of your of 70%.
waste streams by turning them
into energy or feedstock for By utilizing locally available
biorefineries, with the resultant waste to produce electricity
effect of replacing traditional or heat, our customers are
transport fuels, reducing able to reduce fossil fuel
CO2 emissions and dependency and help mitigate
promoting circularity. the environmental impact of
this otherwise valueless,
polluting waste.

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Energy Power in

Storage
Air in Compression

Refrigeration
Liquid air energy
storage - LAES

High grade Liquid air Hot thermal


The liquid air energy storage Charge Recover
cold storage storage energyl storage
(LAES) technology developed
Turning When required,
by our strategic technology
ambient air
partner, Highview Power, uses the liquid air is
into liquid air
a freely available resource — Evaporation expanded to
air — that is cooled and stored
as a liquid to capture the a gas which
intermittent energy generated drives a turbine
by the wind and sun. When
to generate
energy is needed, the liquified
Air out Expansion
electricity
air is converted back into a
Our trusted partner pressurized gas which drives
turbines to produce electricity.
Highview Power is a UK-based
LAES is ideal for replacing fossil
long-duration energy storage pioneer, fuel-based power plants by Power out
specializing in liquid air energy storage. providing long-duration storage
in renewable power systems.
SFW has partnered with It offers cost-effective supply-
Highview Power since 2020. demand balancing as well as
various power grid ancillary
services, such as grid stability, 24h
inertia, and reactive power.

SFW provides LAES as 12h Highview Power


a turnkey EPC solution, LAES

Duration
including initial feasibility
Pumped Hydro: Compressed Air
analysis and technology
comparisons, optimal plant Flow
sizing, design, engineering, 4h
procurement, construction and Li-ion
commissioning.
2h
10mw 100mw 1gw
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Industries
How we’re decarbonizing yours

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Energy Waste
Generating the energy the Waste-related emissions –
earth needs for electricity including methane emissions
and heat produces around from landfills – were
13 gigatonnes (Gt) of CO2 calculated at 1.6 Gt in 2020.
emissions each year. This This accounts for some 3%
makes the energy generation of total global greenhouse-
sector by far the world’s gas emissions. In that
largest source of emissions, same year, global volumes
with coal-based power of municipal solid waste
generation still contributing were estimated at 2,000
as much as 10 Gt. megatonnes (Mt). This figure
is forecast to hit 3,400 Mt by
2050 – a colossal increase
Contact SFW about Featured project: Featured project:
of more than 70%.
The world’s largest and most Turning waste into
– Long duration energy storage efficient biomass CFB plant clean power
(LDES) and liquid air energy storage
solutions – to solve power
intermittency challenges Teesside, UK Deagu, South Korea
Contact SFW about
– Modular waste-to-energy plants for Startup year: 2020 Startup year: 2013
power and heat generation
Capacity: 299 MWe Capacity: 23MWe
– Gasifiers that produce renewable – High-efficiency multi fuel fluid-bed
gas to offset coal usage in existing Fuel: Biomass, wood pellets, wood chips boilers for RDF and industrial waste Fuel: Refuse derived fuel
thermal boilers – Modular waste-to-energy plants for
– Oxy-fuel and carbon capture energy production
solutions for fossil or biomass- Plant providing reliable and dispatchable renewable Our CFB technology provides an ideal solution
– Waste gasifier solutions to convert
power and heat within an industrial cluster. SFW for cleanly converting local refuse-derived
based thermal power plants to waste streams into chemicals
supplied the CFB boiler with a multi-year long-term fuels into valuable steam and power at
achieve negative carbon emissions that can be used to create
service agreement. Deagu’s striking Green Energy Center.
– High-efficiency multi-fuel fluid-bed sustainable transport fuels, green
boilers for the non-recyclable chemicals or recycled plastics.
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fractions of biomass residues
and waste.
Sustainable
fuels
Total CO2 emissions from
world transport stand at
approximately 8 Gt. Road
traffic is by far the largest
CO2 contributor in the
transport sector, producing
6 gigatonnes of emissions.
Meanwhile, shipping
produces 0.9 Gt of CO2,
accounting for 2.3% of
total global energy-related
emissions. Finally, the aviation
industry produces 0.9 Gt of
Featured project: NSE Biofuels
energy-related emissions,
Forerunner oxy-steam gasification plant producing
2.5% of the global total.
sustainable transportation fuels

Contact SFW about


Varkaus, Finland

– The use of gasification technology Start up year: 2009


to produce bio-based fuels for the
Capacity: 12 MWth
transport sector.
– Our comparable reference gasifier Fuel: Biomass, forestry residues
project with renewable-energy
provider Neste and pulp and paper
company, Stora Enso.
– Our work with the EU’s BioSFerA, The plant, which includes CFB gasification and a syngas cleaning system, started up in
a project aimed at developing 2009 and converts woody biomass into renewable diesel. The project was developed
sustainable aviation and maritime together with Stora Enso and Neste.
fuels.

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Metals Cement
2020 figures show global Construction of cities is
steel production at 1.9 Gt. on the rise in many parts
Every tonne of steel of the world, driving up
produced generates 1.8t of cement production. In
CO2 emissions. That’s 8% 2019, 4.1 Gt was produced
of total energy and process- globally. The cement
related emissions. Currently industry produces
there is only one option to approximately 2.5 Gt of
decarbonize aluminum to net CO2 emissions – both
zero: source all electricity and directly and indirectly
heat from renewables, and – accounting for 7% of
replace coal-based anodes total energy and process-
with sustainable alternatives. related CO2 emissions.

Contact SFW about Contact SFW about

– Building captive iron and steel  How to integrate our calcium-


industry power plants using the looping technology with the cement-
non-recyclable fractions of manufacture process to enable carbon
biomass residues and waste capture, utilization and storage.

– Carbon-capture solutions for the


iron and steel industry through
calcium looping
– Industrial thermal power plants
for the aluminum industry that
run on biomass and future
opportunities for replacing coal-
based anodes with biochar.
– The use of liquid air energy storage
(LAES) technology to solve
26 intermittency issues and ensure
reliable power generation in the
aluminum industry.
Powering a decarbonized world for everyone

Where to find us
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+358 (0) 10 393 11 Hampton, NJ 08827 USA Hanoi, Vietnam
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Relanderinkatu 2
Fl-78201 Varkaus, Finland 7th floor, 621, Yeong-dong-daero,
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47100 Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia
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602 38 Norrköping, Sweden Sumitomo Fudosan Osaki Garden
20th Floor Bhiraj Tower
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+49 151 108 51366 +66 (0) 2 0417140 3 +81 (0) 3 6737 2870

About us
Since 1891, Sumitomo SHI FW have We want to be a life-cycle partner, technology, and global reach, we go
developed and delivered the highest bringing complementary expertise and further, together. By working closely with
quality technology solutions within the working closely with our customers
our customers, we enhance customer
everchanging energy market. Now the across the entire process. This is
value and can reach decarbonization
transition to a net zero world is reshaping from customer value creation to
industries and economies to improve our design, scope, installation, execution, goals faster.
impact on our environment. maintenance, and operations.
Whatever the customer challenge,
We work in partnership with our We partner with a diverse array of we endeavor to find the solutions.
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customers, cultivating a deep experts to meet rapidly evolving
understanding of their businesses, customer needs. With our unique Powering a decarbonized world
to deliver integrated energy solutions. knowledge, proven expertise, leading for everyone.

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