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17 August 20219 September 2021

CO2 als Rohstoff für Kunststoffe und Co.

Kohlenstoffdioxid ist einer der Haupttreiber des Klimawandels – die CO2-Emissionen müssen daher künftig sinken. Einen möglichen Weg zur CO2-Reduktion zeigen Fraunhofer-Forschende auf: Sie nutzen das Klimagas als Rohstoff, etwa für Kunststoffe. Dazu stellen sie aus CO2 zunächst Methanol und Ameisensäure her, die sie via Mikroorganismen zu Bausteinen für Polymere und Co. umwandeln

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27 July 20219 September 2021

Ørsted plans carbon capture at Avedøre Power Station as part of the Green Fuels for Denmark project

A future final investment decision for the carbon capture project is subject to the realisation of the parts of Green Fuels for Denmark that will produce e-methanol and e-kerosene

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23 June 20219 September 2021

TotalEnergies, Sunfire, and Fraunhofer give the Go-Ahead for Green Methanol in Leuna

Hy2Chem platform allows testing of regeneratively produced hydrogen for the production of feedstock chemicals and fuelson a large scale for the first time

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TotalEnergies, Sunfire und Fraunhofer geben den Startschuss für grünes Methanol in Leuna

Hy2Chem-Plattform erlaubt die Nutzung des regenerativ erzeugten Wasserstoffs zur Herstellung von Basischemikalien und Kraftstoffen erstmals im großen Maßstab

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22 June 20215 April 2022

GIDARA Energy announces a new facility converting non-recyclable waste into advanced biofuels

The produced renewable fuel will replace fossil-based fuels, creating significant carbon savings

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18 June 202116 June 2021

Oberon Fuels plant begins commercial production

As part of a $6 million project grant from the California Energy Commission, Oberon is converting waste methanol into rDME at its Brawley facility

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7 June 20219 September 2021

CO2 converted into methanol as fuel for ships

As part of the EU-funded FReSMe project, scientists are researching the possibility of producing the climate-friendly fuel methanol from the harmful climate gas CO₂

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20 May 2021

Tanken statt laden: Das bessere E-Auto?

Ingolstädter Ingenieur hat ein völlig neues elektrisches Antriebskonzept entwickelt, das ohne Ladekabel auskommt und trotzdem hohe Reichweiten ermöglicht

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10 May 202118 June 2021

Repsol to join Enerkem and Agbar to build a waste to chemicals plant in Tarragona

Under the JV the plant will process around 400,000 tons of non-recyclable municipal solid waste from its surrounding regions and produce 220,000 tons of methanol

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7 May 202118 June 2021

FEATURE: Biomethanol offers renewable fuel alternative

Renewable methanol will offer further emission reduction advantages, estimated at 65%-95% according to the joint IRENA and Methanol report

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29 April 20214 August 2021

Celanese Expands Methanol Production at Clear Lake Facility

Methanol production expected to expand to 125% of original capacity

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31 March 20219 September 2021

Haldor Topsoe and Nel ASA to offer end-to-end green ammonia and eMethanol™ solutions

Green ammonia and eMethanol™ are both considered promising low-carbon transportation fuels and energy carriers

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17 March 20219 September 2021

Uniper Works in Collaboration with Two Partners to Develop Green Methanol as a Maritime Fuel

Joined forces to form an open collaboration — the Green Methanol Cooperation (GMC)

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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7 January 20214 January 2021

WACKER Launches Renewables-Based Silicone Sealants

First-mover supplier to bring a sustainable silicone sealant in the market

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WACKER produziert Silicondichtstoffe auf Basis nachwachsender Rohstoffe

Erstes Unternehmen, das einen nachhaltigen Silicondichtstoff auf den Markt bringt

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11 December 20209 September 2021

Alcohol Production from Carbon Dioxide

Methanol as a Fuel and Chemical Feedstock

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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

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2 December 202028 November 2020

Green methanol production at container scale

Research association E4MeWi develops sustainable and scalable process for methanol production

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Grüne Methanolproduktion im Container-Format

Forschungsverbund E4MeWi entwickelt nachhaltiges und skalierbares Verfahren zur Methanolherstellung

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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

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Durchbruch bei der Wasserstoff-Rückumwandlung aus Methanol für Brennstoffzellen

Projekt Metha-Cycle entkoppelt Windkraft vom Strombedarf

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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17 June 202012 June 2020

Successful demonstration of methanol production

Successful demonstration of conversion of wind power to methanol

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Erfolgreiche Demonstration der Herstellung von Methanol

Langzeittest in Stralsund liefert erste Ergebnisse

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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

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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

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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

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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  

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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

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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

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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

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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

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24 March 20209 September 2021

Sustainable use of CO2 using a modified bacterium

New paths to the bio-economic use of CO₂

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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