European Energy has produced a batch of pure e-methanol for the first time at its PtX plant in Kassø in Southern Jutland. The e-methanol meets the international methanol industry's IMPCA specifications. European Energy writes in a press release.
The plant was designed, built and commissioned by European Energy's PtX division and uses renewable electricity and biogenic CO2 to produce climate-neutral e-methanol. The latest batch has a tested purity of over 99.85 percent, making it suitable for industrial use.
The biogenic CO2 used is a by-product of biogas production based on agricultural residues. The first CO2 delivery to the Kassø plant took place in mid-March and is part of the closed carbon cycle that supports e-methanol production.
In parallel with the commissioning, European Energy and co-owner Mitsui & Co. are preparing an official inauguration of the plant in May 2025. Representatives from the energy sector, the transport sector and industry will participate in marking that the plant is now ready for commercial operation.
– The production of clean e-methanol with the desired quality confirms that the technology is working as planned, says René Alcaraz Frederiksen, CEO of Solar Park Kassø, a joint venture between European Energy and Mitsui & Co., which owns the PtX plant.
– It represents an important step in demonstrating that large-scale PtX production can replace fossil fuels in hard-to-replace sectors, he adds.
The Kassø plant receives power from the adjacent Kassø solar park, which with a capacity of 300 MW is the largest solar park in the Nordic region.
The clean, upgraded e-methanol is now ready for use, barely three weeks after the first raw e-methanol was produced at Kassø The PtX plant, which DOI.dk has previously written about.
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