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20 June 202513 June 2025

Honeywell, Johnson Matthey, GIDARA Energy and SAMSUNG E&A Form SAF Technology Alliance

Over the near-term, the collaboration aims to scale the use of gasification and FT SAF production methods, while enabling biomass and municipal solid waste to be used as feedstocks


16 May 202517 May 2025

Blue Circle: greening the chemical Industry with 100% circular olefins

Pioneers Ralph Koekkoek and Reinier Grimbergen aim to have a 200,000-ton-per-year facility up and running by the end of 2029. In the following years, they plan to scale up to one million tons, the typical size of a steam cracker


29 April 202523 April 2025

Prometheus Fuels: Our First Product

Orders for the first million tons of the fuel are sold out


21 March 202518 March 2025

Osaka University, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Mitsui Chemicals Successfully Synthesize Methanol and Para-xylene From CO2

Compared with production methods that use petroleum-based resources as feedstocks, the para-xylene obtained in this project affords a substantial reduction in CO2 emissions


Carbon2Chem® erhält Förderbescheid über 50 Millionen Euro

Forschungsprojekt für die grüne Transformation geht in die dritte Phase


Carbon2Chem® awarded 50 Euro million research grant

Research project for the green transformation enters third phase


20 March 202517 March 2025

Spanien: Tecnicas Reunidas und Siemens Energy planen Methanol-Anlage in Leon

Siemens Energy wird sich auf die Einheit für erneuerbaren Wasserstoff konzentrieren, Tecnicas Reunidas wird sich auf die Einheiten zur biogenen Kohlenstoffabscheidung und zur E-Methanol-Produktion fokussieren


7 March 20254 March 2025

Researchers show how to efficiently convert captured carbon dioxide into green energy

Thanks to a collaboration with Oregon State University researchers, methanol could soon be produced faster and more efficiently


Kohlendioxid in grüne Energie umwandeln: Neuer Katalysator verbessert CO2-Umwandlung

Dank der Zusammenarbeit mit Forschern der Oregon State University könnte Methanol bald schneller und effizienter hergestellt werden


22 January 202516 January 2025

Inorganic and biocatalysts work together to reduce CO2

In a hybrid cascade, climate-damaging CO2 is turned back into valuable methanol. An international research team has shown how this works


Anorganische und Biokatalysatoren reduzieren gemeinsam CO2

In einer hybriden Kaskade wird aus klimaschädlichem CO2 wieder wertvolles Methanol. Ein internationales Forschungsteam hat gezeigt, wie das funktioniert


16 January 202514 January 2025

Cloverdale Paint and Celanese Partner to Offer Sustainable Paint Solutions Created with Carbon Capture Technology

Celanese will convert captured CO2 from industrial CO2 emissions into a methanol building block which makes up part of vinyl acetate-based emulsions used as a raw material in the manufacturing of paints


10 January 20256 January 2025

The Case for Carbon Utilization

New processes and technologies are enabling producers to find even more attractive outlets for their CO2


22 November 202419 November 2024

Jakson Achieves Global First: CO2-to-Methanol Synthesis for NTPC Limited

This ground-breaking project is located at NTPC’s Vindhyachal Thermal Power Plant in Madhya Pradesh, India


21 November 202418 November 2024

Revolutionizing Tech to Produce Sustainable Fuel

SRI and University of Houston to receive $3.6M to develop a microreactor to convert carbon dioxide to methanol using renewable energy


8 November 20244 November 2024

7. Konferenz zur nachhaltigen chemischen Konversion in der Industrie bildet offiziellen Abschluss der zweiten Förderphase des Verbundprojekts Carbon2Chem®

Über 200 virtuell und analog Teilnehmende verfolgten die Präsentation der Ergebnisse aus acht Jahren Forschung zur Nutzung von CO2 aus Prozessgasen der Industrie für die Synthese von Chemieprodukten


31 October 202428 October 2024

Cepsa and Sonatrach sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Green Hydrogen

The integrated development of the project includes the construction of an electrolysis hydrogen production plant which would contribute to the decarbonization objectives of both companies


15 October 20249 October 2024

Braskem Collaborates with the University of British Columbia to Develop Technology for Producing Methanol from CO2

The company is funding a one-year project aimed at developing a viable technological route for future industrial implementation


10 October 20247 October 2024

Vioneo: Polyolefin-Erzeugung auf Methanolbasis in Antwerpen

A.P. Moller Holding hat mit der Einführung von Vioneo eine Möglichkeit geschaffen, mit fossilquellenfreien Kunststoffharzen zusätzlich den CO2-Abdruck der Kunststoffproduktion deutlich zu senken


7 October 202430 September 2024

SABIC launches certified low carbon chemicals with CO2 footprint savings

The methanol product in the new portfolio contain a lower carbon content than a traditional portfolio, with the same high quality product specifications


9 September 20244 September 2024

AFC Supports Africa’s Largest Methanol Plant, Transforming Flared Gas into Valuable Resources

The project in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, targets producing an initial 1.8 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of methanol, diversifying the local economy and generating over 18,000 jobs


4 September 20243 September 2024

Alcohol as a storage medium

Power-to-methanol could become a mainstay of the energy transition


Alkohol als Speichermedium

Power-to-Methanol könnte zu einem Standbein der Energiewende werden


30 July 202425 July 2024

Chemists design novel method for generating sustainable fuel

Using a special method researchers for the first time saw those molecules convert themselves into either methanol or carbon monoxide


Neue Methode zur Erzeugung nachhaltiger Kraftstoffe: Methanol direkt aus Kohlendioxid synthetisiert

Mithilfe einer speziellen Methode konnten die Forscher zum ersten Mal beobachten, wie sich diese Moleküle entweder in Methanol oder in Kohlenmonoxid umwandeln


6 June 202431 May 2024

Solar-Powered CO2 Capture and Green Methanol Production Unveiled

DAC involves the selective adsorption of CO2 from the air using solid capture media, followed by the regeneration of the sorbent using low-temperature heat sources


7 May 20247 May 2024

Bacteria for climate-neutral chemicals of the future

The team around Prof. Dr. Julia Vorholt is looking for ways to reduce the chemical industry's dependence on fossil fuels


Bakterien für klimaneutrale Chemikalien der Zukunft

Das Team um Prof. Dr. Julia Vorholt sucht nach Möglichkeiten, wie sich die Abhängigkeit der chemischen Industrie von fossilen Brennstoffen verringern liesse


18 April 202415 April 2024

Bia Energy Operating Company Announces Significant Developments for Low Carbon Methanol Project at the Port of Caddo-Bossier in Northwest Louisiana

The facility is designed to be able to reduce carbon emissions by over 92% compared to traditional methanol production by capturing CO2 and utilizing hydrogen as both fuel and feedstock


5 April 20242 April 2024

C1 proves continuous green methanol production process in record time,confirming predictions from quantum chemistry

Berlin-based start-up sets a new standard in green methanol production while tripling innovation speed with the predictive power of quantum chemistry


Durchbruch mit Quantenchemie: Cleantech-Unternehmen C1 macht Herstellung von grünem Methanol in Rekordzeit möglich

Berliner Start-Up setzt neuen Standard für die grüne Methanolproduktion, wobei die dreifache Innovationsgeschwindigkeit mit Hilfe der Quantenchemie erreicht werden konnte


4 April 202428 March 2024

Research lights up process for turning CO2 into sustainable fuel 

Researchers have successfully transformed CO2 into methanol by shining sunlight on single atoms of copper deposited on a light-activated material, a discovery that paves the way for creating new green fuels


2 April 202425 March 2024

Celanese Achieves ISCC CFC Certification for Low Carbon CCU Methanol

Newly Certified Methanol Demonstrates a Greater than 70% Reduction in Carbon Footprint


28 March 202425 March 2024

MOL, Idemitsu, HIF Team up to Develop e-fuel/e-methanol Supply Chain, Including Marine Transport of CO2

Through this initiative, MOL, Idemitsu, and HIF intend to lead the decarbonization of the energy and transportation industries, and collaborate to develop potential business opportunities


8 March 20246 March 2024

Efficient process for green methanol demonstrated in container plant

INERATEC is starting with the established heterogeneous-catalyzed direct synthesis of e-methanol from green hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO2) while CreativeQuantum and the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) are using a comparatively new, homogeneously catalyzed process


Effiziente Verfahren für grünes Methanol in Container-Anlage demonstriert

INERATEC startet mit der etablierten heterogen-katalysierten Direktsynthese von e-Methanol aus grünem Wasserstoff und Kohlendioxid (CO2), während CreativeQuantum und das Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse (LIKAT) ein vergleichsweise neues, homogen-katalysiertes Verfahren einsetzen


29 February 202426 February 2024

A sustainable fuel and chemical from the robotic lab

Artificial intelligence and automated laboratory infrastructure are massively accelerating the development of new chemical catalysts. With these tools, researchers at ETH Zurich are developing catalysts for efficiently and cost-​effectively synthesising the energy source methanol from CO2


Im Roboterlabor zu nachhaltigem Treibstoff

Künstliche Intelligenz und eine automatisierte Laborinfrastruktur beschleunigen die Entwicklung neuer chemischer Katalysatoren massiv. Forschende der ETH Zürich entwickelten auf diese Weise Katalysatoren für die effiziente und kostengünstige Synthese des Energieträgers Methanol aus CO2


27 February 202422 February 2024

IS2H4C: Aus Industriegebieten werden Industrie-Hubs der Circular Economy

Mit einem neuen Projekt sollen vier Industrie-Hubs errichtet werden: in den Niederlanden, der Türkei, dem Baskenland und in Deutschland, in dessen Zentrum innovative Technologien wie Kohlenstoffabscheidung und Elektrolyse stehen


26 February 202421 February 2024

How CCU Platforms Stack Up

Companies like Carbon Sink LLC, CapCO2 Solutions, and HYCO1 have developed on-site carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technology platforms capable of turning waste CO2 streams into high-value products


14 February 20244 February 2024

Green Methanol for the Circular Economy – New Catalyst Developed at LIKAT

This process is highly selective (it produces virtually no by-products) and completely dispenses with fossil raw materials


Grünes Methanol für die Kreislaufwirtschaft – neuer Katalysator am LIKAT entwickelt

Dieses Verfahren ist hochselektiv (verursacht also fast keine Nebenprodukte) und verzichtet komplett auf fossile Rohstoffe


13 February 20244 February 2024

Wasserstoff erreicht kleine Verbraucher auch ohne Pipelines

Das Fraunhofer IEG hat erstmals alle wesentlichen Wasserstoffderivate und deren Transportoptionen zwischen Importhub und Verbrauchern flächendeckend und umfassend analysiert, bewertet und verglichen


8 February 20241 February 2024

Linde Starts up Supply of Clean Hydrogen and Captured Carbon Dioxide to Celanese

Celanese will use the captured carbon dioxide and resulting clean hydrogen, along with other carbon dioxide sources, as feedstock to produce green methanol


7 February 202431 January 2024

BASF and Envision Energy enter a collaboration to drive sustainable energy solutions 

E-methanol holds significant potential as sustainable energy carrier replacing fossil fuels in various industries


BASF und Envision Energy arbeiten zusammen an der Entwicklung nachhaltiger Energielösungen 

E-Methanol birgt großes Potenzial als nachhaltiger Energieträger sowie als Ersatz für fossile Brennstoffe


bse Methanol selected as technology supplier for Project Green, Nigeria

Nigeria imports 100 per cent of its methanol


22 January 202412 January 2024

Celanese begins carbon capture and utilization operations at Clear Lake, Texas, Facility

The Now Operational Project is One of the Largest Active CCU Facilities in the World


12 January 20246 January 2024

Sumitomo Chemical to Establish Innovative and Highly Efficient Technology for Producing Methanol from CO2

Completion of CCU Pilot Facility for Demonstration of the Technology as a Green Innovation Fund Project


15 December 20238 December 2023

Standard Gas and Topsoe to collaborate on UK-based renewable natural gas and methanol project

The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Danish group to supply its proprietary methanation and methanol technologies for a project being developed in the UK

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