The industrial scale production of ultra-low carbon intensity renewable methanol is already underway in Iceland, Netherlands, and Canada. For example, in Iceland, Carbon Recycling International is capturing and reacting CO2 from geothermal power generation with renewable hydrogen produced via electrolysis into renewable methanol. In the Netherlands, BioMCN converts biogas into advanced second generation bio-methanol. In Canada, bio-methanol is being produced from municipal solid waste feedstocks by Enerkem. Renewable methanol is fully miscible with conventional methanol and offers a highly scalable renewable liquid fuel and chemical pathway.
MI Releases new report on Renewable Methanol
Compared to conventional fuels, renewable methanol cuts carbon dioxide emissions by up to 95%, reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 80%, and completely eliminates sulfur oxide and particulate matter emissions. The report, prepared for MI by ATA Insights, features case studies on renewable methanol production by Carbon Recycling International (CRI), Enerkem, and BioMCN
Renewable Methanol Webinar
Find valuable renewable methanol resources and presentations from various conferences below!
Methanol Institute Comments on EU RED II Trilogue Negotiations
Eelco Dekker
Methanol Institute, EU Chief Representative
Shifting the paradigm: Synthetic liquid fuels offer vehicle for monetizing wind
and solar energy.
MAXIM LYUBOVSKY
ORISE Fellow at Fuel Cell Technologies Office, US Department of Energy
Liquid Sunshine: Efficient, Economic, Environmental (3E) Energy Systems for Sustainable Development
2017 Washington Methanol Policy Forum
SIMON ZHANG
CEO; NW Innovation Works LLC
Waste to Methanol: A Commerciality with Enerkem
MARIE-HELENE LABRIE
Senior VP, Government Affairs and Communications; Enerkem
CO2 Potential in the Methanol Business
HANS VANDER VELPEN
Senior Sustainability Specialist; SABIC
