{"id":159994,"date":"2025-03-20T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=159994"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T12:27:30","slug":"wastefuel-and-itc-commence-front-end-engineering-design-on-world-leading-green-methanol-facility-in-ankara-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wastefuel-and-itc-commence-front-end-engineering-design-on-world-leading-green-methanol-facility-in-ankara-turkiye\/","title":{"rendered":"WasteFuel and ITC Commence Front-End Engineering Design on World-Leading Green Methanol Facility in Ankara, T\u00fcrkiye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Yavuz Kantur, head of ITC T\u00fcrkiye (left) and David Trench, CEO of WasteFuel (right), sign the Heads of Terms agreement toward a strategic joint venture on a green methanol facility in Ankara, T\u00fcrkiye (Turkey). \u00a9 Business Wire<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

WasteFuel, a U.S.-based next-generation bioenergy company, and ITC, a leading Turkish integrated waste management company, announced today a partnership to commence the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) on a green methanol biorefinery located in Ankara, T\u00fcrkiye – the first green methanol facility in Anatolia and one of the largest of its kind in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biorefinery, which would adjoin ITC\u2019s existing integrated waste management facility, would utilize biogas derived from anaerobic digestion and landfill gas collection. Once operational, its green methanol will be intended for use as low-carbon fuel for the maritime shipping market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ITC\u2019s Ankara site is one of the largest integrated waste treatment facilities in T\u00fcrkiye, receiving over 1.8 million metric tons of municipal waste annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSince our founding, ITC has been passionate about identifying innovative applications for municipal waste treatment that have a positive impact on the communities we serve,\u201d said Yavuz Kantur, General Manager of ITC<\/strong>. \u201cThis project is a demonstration of this mindset. We are proud to join the Ankara municipality and WasteFuel in celebrating this milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWasteFuel is proud to partner with ITC, strengthening our global portfolio of green fuel projects,\u201d David Trench, Chief Executive Officer of WasteFuel<\/strong>, remarked. \u201cGreen methanol will be crucial for near-term decarbonization of the shipping industry, and this project will help meet this growing global demand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johan Fritz, WasteFuel<\/strong>\u2019s Global Project Director stated, \u201cThe strong fundamentals of this project – ITC\u2019s operational excellence in Ankara, a cost-effective build utilizing proven technology and proprietary processes, and ongoing support from Turkish government representatives – position this next stage for success.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The maritime industry is undergoing a generational shift toward more sustainable operations, with over 300 methanol-capable container ships due for delivery by 2030. The use of green methanol as a marine fuel can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90%, enabling sea freight companies to expand their low-carbon shipping solutions and comply with regulations intended to reduce the industry\u2019s emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A final investment decision is expected in early 2026. If approved, the project would position T\u00fcrkiye as a hub for sustainable marine fuel supply at the intersection of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WasteFuel is a next generation biofuels company revolutionizing mobility by transforming everyday waste into low-carbon fuels. WasteFuel is a global project developer specializing in novel and modular combinations of proven technologies to produce green fuels at industry-leading metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WasteFuel, a U.S.-based next-generation bioenergy company, and ITC, a leading Turkish integrated waste management company, announced today a partnership to commence the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) on a green methanol biorefinery located in Ankara, T\u00fcrkiye – the first green methanol facility in Anatolia and one of the largest of its kind in the world. The biorefinery, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":160027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"The biorefinery, which would adjoin ITC\u2019s existing integrated waste management facility, would utilize biogas to produce green methanol as low-carbon fuel or the maritime shipping market","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572,17143],"tags":[5714,5831,21663,25911,24763,23302,15993],"supplier":[20277,21387],"class_list":["post-159994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","category-recycling","tag-biofuels","tag-biorefinery","tag-greenmethanol","tag-marinefuel","tag-municipalwaste","tag-shippingfuels","tag-wastemanagement","supplier-itc-invest-trading-consulting-ag","supplier-wastefuel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159994"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=159994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}