5 March 20219 September 2021 Major milestones reached in the first commercial CO2 to Methanol plant Anyang project process engineering completed and civil engineering underway
3 March 20219 September 2021 Cow excrement tapped by town in Hokkaido for CO2-free power An organic photochemistry professor at Osaka University, developed the technology, which produces methanol and formic acid that emits zero carbon dioxide (CO2)
2 March 202125 February 2021 New method converts methane in natural gas to methanol at room temperature New discovery could potentially provide a cleaner energy source for many of our everyday activities
3 February 202129 January 2021 Innovation Outlook: Renewable Methanol Joint IRENA-MI report "Innovation Outlook: Renewable Methanol" provides first comprehensive review of bio-methanol and e-methanol
7 January 20214 January 2021 WACKER Launches Renewables-Based Silicone Sealants First-mover supplier to bring a sustainable silicone sealant in the market
WACKER produziert Silicondichtstoffe auf Basis nachwachsender Rohstoffe Erstes Unternehmen, das einen nachhaltigen Silicondichtstoff auf den Markt bringt
11 December 20209 September 2021 Alcohol Production from Carbon Dioxide Methanol as a Fuel and Chemical Feedstock
4 December 20209 September 2021 Perstorp plan to reduce carbon emission with half million tons by producing sustainable methanol Project AIR will build a first-of-a-kind, large scale, commercial Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) unit to produce sustainable methanol
2 December 202028 November 2020 Green methanol production at container scale Research association E4MeWi develops sustainable and scalable process for methanol production
Grüne Methanolproduktion im Container-Format Forschungsverbund E4MeWi entwickelt nachhaltiges und skalierbares Verfahren zur Methanolherstellung
30 October 20209 September 2021 Multi-million-euro project transforms CO2 into green raw material in North Sea Port They will also generate 44,000 tons of “green” methanol locally, which can be used as feedstock for the chemicals and renewables industries, as well as fuel for ships and trains
Durchbruch bei der Wasserstoff-Rückumwandlung aus Methanol für Brennstoffzellen Projekt Metha-Cycle entkoppelt Windkraft vom Strombedarf
16 October 20209 September 2021 Kaskade von Methanol zu Wasserstoff – Metha-Cycle entkoppelt Windkraft vom Strombedarf Sektorkopplung Metha-Cycle: Interdisziplinäres Konsortium verbindet erstmals Stromerzeugung aus regenerativen Energien
11 September 20209 September 2021 L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering signs MoU with NTPC for CO2 to Methanol Plants LTHE delivers 'design to build' engineering and construction solutions across the hydrocarbon spectrum
Haldor Topsoe joins ambitious sustainable fuel project in Denmark The project aims to develop a ground-breaking hydrogen and sustainable fuel facility based on electrolysis in the Greater Copenhagen Area
21 August 20209 September 2021 Tandem catalytic system efficiently converts carbon dioxide to methanol Encapsulating multiple molecular catalysts in nanoporous metal-organic frameworks central to efficient transformation
24 June 20209 September 2021 Da liegt was in der Luft –Carbon Mining: Wie Chemiker am LIKAT Kohlenstoff aus der Luft abbauen Die Arbeiten ebnen den Weg zu gleich zwei großen Zielen der Chemie
17 June 202012 June 2020 Successful demonstration of methanol production Successful demonstration of conversion of wind power to methanol
Erfolgreiche Demonstration der Herstellung von Methanol Langzeittest in Stralsund liefert erste Ergebnisse
28 May 202026 May 2020 Air Products and Topsoe sign global alliance agreement for collaboration on large-scale ammonia, methanol, and/or dimethyl ether projects around the world Topsoe’s technology will be incorporated into Air Products’ recently announced world-scale coal-to-methanol production facility in Bengalon, Indonesia
18 May 20209 September 2021 A Glimpse into Real-Time Methanol Synthesis: Dynamic Operation of a Miniplant at Fraunhofer ISE Examination of the feasibility of a methanol synthesis using renewable electricity and biogenic CO2 from a biorefinery that produces renewable ethanol
Echtzeit-Einblicke in die Methanolsynthese: Dynamischer Betrieb einer Miniplant-Anlage am Fraunhofer ISE Betrachtung der Machbarkeit einer Methanolsynthese aus erneuerbaren Energien und biogenem CO2 aus einer Bioraffinerie zur Herstellung von erneuerbarem Ethanol
15 May 20209 September 2021 Hafen von Antwerpen: Konsortium treibt Projekt für Power-to-Methanol voran Geplante Demonstrationsanlage soll 8.000 tpa grünes Methanol produzieren und dabei ebenso viel an Treibhausgasen einsparen
INOVYN plays role in ambitious ‘Power to Methanol’ project in Antwerp A planned industrial-scale demonstration unit would produce 8,000tpa of sustainable methanol and would save at least 8,000tpa of CO2 emissions every year
9 April 20209 September 2021 MHPS, MHIENG and MGC selected to conduct research on effective recycling of CO2 to produce methanol The collaborative research project commissioned by NEDO aiming at developing carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies
Green Maritime Methanol consortium starts engine test programme Within the Green Maritime Methanol project a new milestone has been achieved, the successful start of the engine test programme on 100% methanol
1 April 20209 September 2021 Expert Consortium unites for green Power-to-Fuel project to convert carbon emissions into cost-effective carbon neutral fuel Consortium is now designing the technology integration for the first facility in Sweden, and expect to be supplying eMethanol from 2023
24 March 20209 September 2021 Sustainable use of CO2 using a modified bacterium New paths to the bio-economic use of CO2
20 March 202017 March 2020 Methanol as Fuel, Chemical Feedstock and Liquid Hydrogen Carrier The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Methanol as Fuel and Feedstock
28 February 202027 February 2020 Södra first in the world with fossil-free biomethanol Södra decided to invest in a biomethanol production facility in 2017 and shows company's commitment towards a circular economy, resource-efficiency and being fossil-fuel free
31 January 20209 September 2021 TU Bergakademie Freiberg and CAC produce climate-friendly gasoline A second trial at the plant is already planned for 2020, in which a further 15 to 25 m3 of green gasoline will be produced
TU Bergakademie Freiberg und CAC produzieren klimafreundliches Benzin Für 2020 ist bereits ein zweiter Versuch an der Anlage geplant, bei dem weitere 15 bis 25 m3 grünes Benzin produziert werden sollen
24 January 20209 September 2021 Thousand-tonne Scale Demonstration of Solar Fuel Synthesis Starts Operation in Lanzhou, China Country now to take the first step in the world for industrial production of liquid fuels from solar energy
18 December 20199 September 2021 Curbing Carbon Emissions with Green Methanol Carbon Recycling International (CRI) has pioneered a process to transform CO2 emissions into methanol by direct hydrogenation of captured CO2. It now plans to deploy its technology at commercial scale and help curb emissions from the chemicals sector
12 December 20199 September 2021 An electron highway headed for methanol Making methanol just got a lot easier, now that chemists at Yale have opened up a new electron highway
Scientists devise catalyst that uses light to turn carbon dioxide to fuel Researchers find new way to convert carbon dioxide into a usable fuel source.
5 December 20199 September 2021 Molecular catalyst converts carbon dioxide to methanol A molecular catalyst dispersed on carbon nanotubes has been found to catalyse the electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol — a useful bulk chemical
3 December 20199 September 2021 SoCalGas and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Announce U.S. Department of Energy Funding of Carbon Capture Project Companies collaboration aims to advance the development of a process called Integrated CO2 Capture and Conversion to Methanol (ICCCM)
11 October 20199 September 2021 Methanol vs Hydrogen: As Blue World gets underway on world’s largest methanol fuel cell manufacturing, who’s the best? World’s largest methanol fuel cell factory is now under construction at the Port of Aalborg, and will have a yearly production capacity of 750 MW, equivalent to 50,000 fuel cell units
9 October 20199 September 2021 160,000 jobs can be created by manufacturing petrochems using green methanol: CEEW CEEW and IEA’s study indicates that by 2030 the production of green methanol would likely cost lower when compared to both natural gas and coal-based production processes
13 August 20199 September 2021 Methanol aus Hüttengas: Carbon2Chem®-Pilotanlage Methanol-Pilotanlage in Betrieb genommen
1 March 20199 September 2021 BioMCN to produce renewable methanol with green hydrogen Nouryon and Gasunie have agreed to supply green hydrogen to BioMCN for the production of renewable methanol from CO2
5 February 20199 September 2021 Research on CO2-neutral future fuels High-performance fuels based on methanol
Forschung an CO2-neutralen Kraftstoffen der Zukunft High-Performance-Fuels auf Methanol-Basis geplant
30 January 201925 January 2019 VTT develops a new sustainable way to turn forestry waste into transport fuels and chemicals New approach uses gasification to turn biomass into intermediate products like liquid hydrocarbons, methanol or methane
30 November 20189 September 2021 Waste CO2 to be turned into ingredients for fuel, plastics and even food Scientists provide a new source of raw materials for use in fuel, cement and food production
16 November 201814 November 2018 BASF produces methanol according to the biomass balance approach Production with second generation renewable raw materials
BASF produziert Methanol nach Prinzip der Biomassenbilanz Produktion mit nachwachsenden Rohstoffen der zweiten Generation
5 October 20182 October 2018 Abfall-Erdgas wird zum Chemierohstoff 150 Mrd. Kubikmeter ließen sich laut Forschern der Texas Tech University effektiv nutzen
12 September 20189 September 2021 The Silent Fuel: Methanol for power, fuels and chemistry in a low-carbon economy From Switzerland comes word of a technology for methanol synthesis plants which capture CO2 from the environment to create renewable methanol fuel