Canada’s Greenfield Global and Denmark’s European Energy have agreed to develop a 48,000 mt/year e-methanol plant in Québec, Canada, targeting markets including marine fuels.
The facility will be built next to Greenfield Global’s existing ethanol plant near Montreal, using renewable electricity and biogenic CO2 from ethanol production, European Energy said in an announcement on Thursday.
The joint venture will combine Greenfield’s industrial infrastructure and CO2 supply with European Energy’s renewable energy and Power-to-X expertise.
The project builds on European Energy’s experience at its Kassø facility in Denmark, which produces up to 42,000 mt of e-methanol annually.
The companies have completed preliminary engineering studies and will begin commercial discussions with potential offtakers.
They said Québec’s access to low-cost, low-carbon hydroelectricity and established industrial infrastructure makes it a suitable location for e-methanol production.
Torben Nørgaard, vice president and head of partnerships and offtake in power-to-X at European Energy, told Ship & Bunker in an interview in August that the Kassø plant is running at full capacity and sells every droplet it produces.
