Methanol Reactor for HIF eFuels Project Starts Cross-Atlantic Journey

MAN Energy Solutions has completed the construction of the methanol-synthesis unit for a pilot plant in southern Chile to produce synthetic fuels known as eFuels. The methanol-synthesis unit uses Johnson Matthey proprietary CO2 to methanol technology. After commissioning, scheduled for fall 2022, the plant will produce up to 750 metric tons per year of green

Cosco and DSIC float methanol-fuelled VLCC design

China’s Cosco Shipping Energy Transportation (CSET), the tanker operation unit of Cosco Shipping Group, and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co (DSIC), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), have developed a methanol-fuelled very large crude carrier (VLCC). The vessel’s conceptual design is based on the latest generation of 310,000 dwt VLCCs designed and built by

Kuehne+Nagel partners with Aker to offer green fuels for container shipping

Swiss-based logistics giant Kuehne+Nagel has teamed up with Norwegian green fuel producer Aker Clean Hydrogen to include hydrogen, ammonia and methanol in its container shipping portfolio. With the first vessels with engines that can run on these fuel alternatives expected to hit the waters in 2024, the companies said will work together to help scale

Indian Scientists develop unique way to produce 99.99% pure hydrogen fuel

Indian Scientists have developed a unique way to produce 99.99% pure hydrogen fuel from methanol-water mixture—which uses only one-third of the electricity required in water electrolysis. The Indian scientists developed a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) to produce hydrogen at a low temperature of 25-60 degrees Celsius through the ECRM process. The hydrogen thus produced is

Proman’s first methanol-fueled ship to dock in Trinidad and Tobago

Local media of Trinidad and Tobago reported on the Proman’s Stena Pro Patria vessel arriving in the country within a few months. The vessel is the first of three 49,900 dwt methanol dual-fuel MR tankers that Proman and Stena Bulk are building together. It launched in November 2021 at Guangzhou Shipyard, the first Chinese shipyard

Wartsila hits methanol milestone with first newbuild engine order

The technology group Wartsila has received its first order for newbuild methanol-fuelled engines. A new Offshore Wind Installation Vessel (WIV) being built for Dutch contracting company Van Oord at Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard in China will be powered by five Wärtsilä 32 engines capable of operating with methanol. The order, which includes the methanol fuel

SDTR Marine joins SDARI and ABS on methanol-fuelled bulker design

An 85,000 dwt methanol-fuelled bulk carrier has been designed in a joint development project between Singapore-based shipowner SDTR Marine, American class society ABS, and the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI). Under the partnership, SDTR supplied operational data and SDARI developed the design with ABS support and review. ABS also provided an analysis

Ørsted to acquire 45% stake in FlagshipONE from Liquid Wind AB

Ørsted, a Danish leading operator of offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants, will acquire 45 percent stake in FlagshipONE e-methanol project from Liquid Wind AB, a Swedish circular carbon energy company with focus on bringing renewable methanol to the market at scale. FlagshipONE is a late-stage development project

Could green methanol be what China needs to reach netzero?

Methanol produced with solar and wind energy is a clean and cheap alternative fuel that could slash China’s emissions by as much as 80 percent. As the largest global emitter of greenhouse gases, China’s efforts to mitigate climate change are constantly under scrutiny. Its recent promise to reach peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and

BHEL’s Coal to Methanol (CTM) plant dedicated to nation

As part of the ongoing Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations, Hon’ble Union Minister for Heavy Industries, Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey dedicated India’s first, BHEL-built Coal to Methanol (CTM) pilot plant, to the Nation. Dr Nalin Shinghal, CMD, BHEL, Shri Jeetendra Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries, Functional Directors on the Board of BHEL and