Chinese to build plant to produce green methanol for bunkering<\/p>\n
Chinese green energy firm Guangdong Liquid Sunshine will build a 75,000 mt\/year biomethanol plant in Guangxi Province.<\/p>\n
Construction of the plant is expected to begin this year, but the company has not yet said when it will be operational.<\/p>\n
The plant will initially produce 75,000 mt\/year of biomethanol from biomass, and the full output is expected to be earmarked for bunkering.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project is among the first wave of commercial projects in the wider industry designed to support early adopters decarbonising maritime fuel,\u201d said Johnson Matthey, a company that will supply the technology for the plant to convert biogas into biomethanol.<\/p>\n
In a second phase, Guangdong Liquid Sunshine plans to capture CO2 from the biomethanol production process and combine this CO2 with green hydrogen to produce e-methanol at the same site.<\/p>\n
Johnson Matthey will also provide the technology to integrate biomethanol with e-methanol production.<\/p>\n
The addition would increase green methanol output without requiring additional biomass feedstock, and the resulting fuel could \u201chelp meet e-fuel mandates, including those in Europe,\u201d Johnson Matthey said.<\/p>\n
The second phase remains subject to regulatory approvals.<\/p>\n
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