Tag: Methanol

Deendayal Port Authority says it has completed India’s first methanol bunkering demonstration at Kandla port, furthering its port bunkering capabilities and alternative fuels provision aims. The authority says that the shore-to-ship methanol transfer marks a milestone for port infrastructure development aligned with maritime decarbonisation goals. Conducted on 2 April, the trial brought together multiple industry partners to validate operational readiness and safety procedures for handling alternative fuels within a working port environment.

Shell's Pearl GTL plant in Qatar is partially offline for up to a year after a March attack on Ras Laffan, as US-Israeli strikes also hit Iran's Kaveh Petrochemical methanol facility, leaving production there unaffected.

Pertamina New & Renewable Energy (NRE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CRecTech to explore the development of a pilot biogas-to-biomethanol facility.

OCI Global has sold its entire remaining stake in Methanex Corporation, raising $138.1 million ...

Toyo Engineering Corporation (TOYO) has developed two proprietary technologies – g-Methanol ™ and SUPERHIDIC ™ – to enable ultra-low carbon e-methanol production.

As demand for green methanol grows, the Kassø e-methanol plant in Aabenaa, Denmark represents a significant milestone as the first commercial-scale e-methanol production facility in operation with a nameplate capacity of 42,000 t/a. European Energy and Clariant describe the technical collaboration between them in executing this pioneering e-methanol project

In this study Kinetics Process Improvements (KPI) demonstrates that controlled ethane co-feeding combined with intermediate methanol condensation in the synthesis loop provides a practical, low capital, low-risk revamp strategy to increase ATR methanol plant capacity by approximately 5% while remaining fully within existing equipment, metallurgical, and compression limits.

Johnson Matthey demonstrates how its eMERALD CO2-to-Methanol technology offers a bankable, scalable, and renewable-ready pathway for delivering cost effective e-methanol at the volumes required to support global aviation and maritime decarbonisation.

The current energy transition is fundamentally redefining the role of methanol from a simple chemical feedstock to a versatile low-carbon energy carrier and marine fuel. Industry leaders like Casale are advancing a diverse portfolio of production routes, including e-methanol, biomass gasification, and biomethane conversion, while providing the necessary technologies to decarbonise existing fossil-based assets.

ETFuels has been awarded €118.6m ($139.8m) in tax credits over 19 years under Business Finland’s Clean Transition program to develop a green hydrogen-based methanol project in Lapland. The credits will go towards the company’s Ranua facility, which is designed to produce 110,000 t/a of green methanol. According to ETFuels, the project, which is currently in early engineering stages, will use 300MW of renewable wind energy alongside battery storage facilities. The Ranua project is being developed in collaboration with Finnish energy firm Neova.