HyLion network pilot to use 63,000 tons of biogenic CO2 annually for e-methanol production

In the UK, the overarching aim of the HyLion network is to establish a transnational, European end-to-end supply chain for CO2-reduced hydrogen and e-methanol. The plan is to produce e-methanol in Scotland and supply it for various applications in the UK and Europe – including Germany. The management and IT consultancy MHP provides strategic and operational advice on the development and digitalization of an efficient supply chain. The aim is to make a steadily growing contribution to the decarbonization of European supply chains.

In an initial pilot, the plan is to use 63,000 metric tons of biogenic CO2 per year for the production of e-methanol. This CO2 is to come from biomass on the one hand and from the whisky industry on the other. This results in 9,000 metric tons of hydrogen and 45,000 metric tons of e-methanol per year for the pilot project. In addition to the initially planned production volume of 25 metric tons of hydrogen and the resulting 125 metric tons of e-methanol per day, there is already enormous potential for scaling up in subsequent years from today’s perspective: Electrolyzer capacities can be significantly and almost modularly expanded; also, from today’s perspective, around 380,000 metric tons of CO2 from biomass as well as 300,000 metric tons of CO2 from the whisky industry are available for the HyLion network. The plant is expected to start production at the beginning of 2028.