JGC Holdings Corporation announced that JGC Corporation which operates the overseas engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) business of the JGC Group was awarded the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for a green hydrogen and Methylcyclohexane production plant in Malaysia by ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS) and Sumitomo Corporation (Sumitomo).

ENEOS and Sumitomo, in collaboration with SEDC Energy, a company operated by the state government of Sarawak, Malaysia, are planning to establish a CO2-free hydrogen supply chain in which the CO2-free hydrogen produced using electricity from renewable energy sources from hydroelectric power plants is converted to MCH*, one of the most efficient forms of hydrogen transportation, for marine transportation to sites in Japan.

The green hydrogen plant will produce approximately 90,000 tons of CO2-free hydrogen per year for conversion to MCH. Of the hydrogen produced, 2,000 tons per year will be supplied to local users.