Sweden’s Liquid Wind eyes third e-methanol plant

Market: E-fuels, Emissions, Hydrogen
23/01/23

Swedish e-fuels developer up Liquid Wind is planning a 100,000t/yr e-methanol facility in the Vasterbotten region of northern Sweden. It is scheduled to start production in 2026.

Liquid Wind agreed to locate the methanol facility next to a cogeneration power plant owned by local utility Umea Energi which burns biomass and biofuels to make heat and power. The deal benefits both parties as the project will capture 230,000t/yr CO2 emissions from the existing plant, which can be used as feedstock for synthesis of the methanol. The project could trim CO2 emissions in the Umea municipality by 40pc, Umea Energi said. The methanol production will also result in surplus heat which can be used for district heating.

The partners carried out a feasibility study which confirmed good conditions for e-methanol production and the next steps are in-depth investigations and permitting, they said. The developers aim to take a final investment decision by next year.

The project plans to supply methanol to the shipping industry and displacement of fossil fuels will avert 150,000t/yr CO2, Umea Energi said.

The plant at Dava in Umea is the third e-methanol project which Liquid Wind has planned in Sweden, after its 50,000t/yr FlagshipONE project at Ornkoldsvik which was acquired by Orsted and 100,000t/yr FlagshipTWO at Sundsvall. Liquid Wind aims to develop ten e-methanol facilities by 2030. It raised €15.2mn in October 2022.

Liquid Wind has not confirmed electrolysis capacity at the new plant, but it could be 140MW, as the company is planning to produce twice as much e-methanol as the Ornkoldsvik project which has 70MW.

By Aidan Lea



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Region	Country	Location	Project name	Production target (t/yr)	Electrolyser size in MW	Status	Planned or actual start-up	Operator/developer
Oceania	Australia	Tasmania	_-* 60,000		Planned	2023	ABEL, Thyssenkrupp
Europe	Belgium	Antwerp	Power-to-Methanol Antwerp	_-* 8,000		Planned	2022	Engie, Port of Antwerp
Europe	Belgium	East Flanders	North-C-Methanol	_-* 44,000		Planned	2024	Proman, Engie
North America	Canada	British Columbia	_-* 120,000		Planned	RH2C Renewable Hydrogen Canada
North America	Canada	Alberta			In operation	2020	Air Company
North America	Canada	Quebec	Boyen	_-* 70,000		Planned	2026	Hy2Gen
South America	Chile	_-* 140,000		Planned	2025	Andes Mining and Energy
South America	Chile	Antofagasta	Antofagasta Mining Energy Renewable	_-* 60,000		Planned	Air Liquide
South America	Chile	_-* 150,000		Planned	2025	HIF
Asia	China	Jiangsu	Jiangsu Sailboat Green Methanol	_-* 100,000		Planned	2023	CRI, Jiangsu Sailboat Petrochemicals
Asia	China	_-* 100,000		Planned	Sinocoal, Energy and Chemical Co
Asia	China	Liaoning	_-* 1,000		In operation	2020	Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Asia	China	Henan	_-* 110,000		In operation	2022	CRI, Shunli
Europe	Denmark	Copenhagen	Green Fuels For Denmark	_-* 50,000		Planned	2023	Orsted, Maersk, SAS Copenhagen Airports
Europe	Denmark	Midtjylland	_-* 16,000		Planned	2023	ReIntegrate
Europe	Denmark	Syddanmark	_-* 32,000		Planned	European Energy
Europe	Denmark	Nordjylland	_-* 75,000		Planned	2025	European Energy, Port of Aalborg
Europe	Denmark	Nordjylland			Planned	European Energy, Port of Hanstholm
Africa	Egypt	Suez Canal Economic Zone	_-* 100,000		Planned	2026	Masdar, Hassan Allam
Europe	France	Isere	Hynovi	_-* 200,000		Planned	2025	Hynamics, Vycat
Europe	France	Bouches-du-Rhone	Hynovera	_-* 100,000	85-120	Planned	2030	Hy2Gen
Europe	Germany	Bavaria	Rhyme	_-* 15,000		Planned	2024	Wacker Chemie, Linde
Europe	Germany	Saxony	Jangada	_-* 61,000		Planned	2026	Hy2Gen
Europe	Germany	Saxony-Anhalt	e-CONMet			Planned	TotalEnergies, Sunfire
Europe	Germany	Hamburg	_-* 200,000		Planned	Dow Chemical
Europe	Germany	Schleswig-Holstein	HySCALE100			Planned	2026	EDF Hynamics, Orsted, Halcim
Europe	Germany	Lower Saxony			Planned	2026	Friesoythe
Europe	Iceland	Reykjanes	George Olah	_-* 4,000		In operation	2011	Carbon Recycling International (CRI)
Asia	India	Gujarat	_-* 27,000		Planned	NTPC Renewable Energy, GACL
Europe	Italy	Tuscany	_-* 125,000	Planned	Alia Servizi Ambientali
Europe	Netherlands	Groningen			Planned	Nouryon, Gasunie, BioMCN
Europe	Norway	Troms and Finnmark	Finnfjord E-methanol plant	_-* 100,000		Planned	2025	Finnfjord, Statkraft, CRI
Europe	Norway	Nordland	Mo Industrial Park			Planned	Swiss Liquid Future, Elkem, Thyssenkrupp, e-Fuels2go
Europe	Scotland	Highland	Cromarty Clean Fuels Project			Planned	Proman, Global Energy Group
Asia	Singapore	Singapore	_-* 50,000		Planned	2024	Air Liquide, PTT Exploration & Production, YTL PowerSaya, Kenoil, Maersk, YTL PowerSaya
Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape	_-* 120,000		Planned	2027	Earth and Wire, Enertrag, 24 Solutions
Europe	Spain	Galicia	Green UMIA	_-* 2,900		Planned	2025	Iberdrola, Foresa
Europe	Sweden	Vastra Gotaland	Project Air	_-* 200,000		Planned	2026	Perstorp
Europe	Sweden	Vasternorrland	FlagshipONE	_-* 50,000		Planned	2024	Liquid Wind, Haldor, Nel, Orsted
Europe	Sweden	Vasternorrland	FlagshipTWO	_-* 100,000		Planned	2024	Liquid Wind, Haldor, Nel
Europe	Sweden	Vasterbotten	Dava e-methanol plant	_-* 100,000		Planned	2026	Liquid Wind, Umea Energi
North America	USA			In operation	Air Company

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