Is the production of “sustainable fuels of the future” really on the verge of a breakthrough? autobild.de poses this question and in its article “Methanol: Breakthrough for e-fuels?” points to two new production plants in Europe that could actually be game changers in terms of the production of “green methanol”.
Good to know: Green methanol can be used as the basis for the sustainable fuel of the future.
The start-up C1 Green Chemicals in Leuna, for example, is “testing a new process to produce green methanol on a large scale and at low cost. What’s new about it: a liquid catalyst is designed to convert synthesis gas into methanol, the second step in production from the starting materials water and carbon dioxide, particularly efficiently”. According to autobild.de, “a little further north, the breakthrough for e-fuels production is also imminent: green methanol will be produced on an industrial scale in Kasso in southern Denmark. When completed, around 42,000 tons of the alternative fuel will leave the refinery every year. The methanol plant will supply the Maersk shipping company, among others. The investors are preparing for high demand: “Demand for this product as an environmentally friendly next-generation fuel and as a chemical raw material is expected to rise sharply in the future.”
We are keeping our fingers crossed!
