In Massachusetts, Emvolon, Inc. announced its $22 million Series A funding round, with participation from MassVentures, VX Ventures, Wagner Carbon, and others. Eric Bensaude will also be joining Emvolon’s Board of Directors as a key advisor to scale global biomethanol production. With the funds, Emvolon will deliver its first commercial-scale modular chemical system converting waste […]
In South Korea, Hapag-Lloyd has successfully completed its first SIMOPS bunkering of ISCC EU-certified biomethanol supplied by Goldwind to the Seaspan Amazon in Busan, South Korea. The operation marks an important step in bringing alternative marine fuels from production to practical use. Produced at Goldwind’s integrated facility in Hinggan League, China, the biomethanol was delivered […]
In the Netherlands, Perpetual Next announces today the appointment of the international industrial services provider Bilfinger as Owner’s Engineer for the further development of its DeltaTorr and DeltaNor projects in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The appointment marks an important milestone in the development of a large-scale biomethanol production facility, as Perpetual Next works towards a Final […]
In China, Goldwind Green Energy Chemicals (Xing’an League) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Goldwind Technology — one of the world’s leading wind turbine manufacturers — set out to build a green hydrogen-to-methanol facility of unprecedented scale in Xing’an League, Inner Mongolia. The project uses wind power to produce green hydrogen, which is then combined with […]
In China, Port News reports Shanghai port has completed China’s first simultaneous anchorage bunkering of two international containerships with LNG and biomethanol. From Aug. 15-16, the CMA CGM Osmium received 8,016 metric tons of biomethanol, while Kota Elan took 5,038 cubic meters of LNG at Lvhuashan South Anchorage. Authorities described the biomethanol delivery as a […]
In Singapore, Novel Biofuels, ACTUAL, and the Government of Maharashtra recently announced a commitment of more than one million metric tons of biomethanol available from 2030 to serve global shipping lines seeking secure, long-term access to clean maritime fuel. The commitment establishes the largest contracted supply position on the India–Singapore Green Shipping Corridor, a route […]
In India, IndexBox reports CIST Technology plans to supply bio-methanol and green ammonia for marine bunkering in India and Singapore from a proposed facility in Maharashtra. Developed through subsidiary Yoki Green Energy, the plant will use biomass gasification and electrolysis to produce 200,000 metric tons of bio-methanol and 100,000 metric tons of green ammonia annually. […]
In China, Guangdong Liquid Sunshine has selected Johnson Matthey (JM) as a technology partner for its first commercial-scale project – a biomethanol plant planned in Tiandong County, Guangxi. The two companies, alongside the East China Engineering Science and Technology Co. (ECEC), have also committed to work on future project opportunities together. China’s latest Five-Year Plan […]
In China, biomethanol from Shanghai Electric’s Taonan project has been successfully bunkered onto the container vessel CMA CGM OSMIUM at Shanghai’s Yangshan Port this month. The operation marks the first large-scale adoption of Chinese biomethanol by a global shipping leader, underscoring Shanghai Electric’s expanding of its presence in green hydrogen and next-generation fuel technologies. Coordinated […]
In Belgium, soon bio-methanol from Equinor will fuel ships that are bringing cars and machinery from points of production to markets. Wallenius Wilhelmsen is a market leader in roll‑on/roll‑off (RoRo) shipping and vehicle logistics and will use the bio‑methanol as bunker fuel for its upcoming dual‑fuel methanol vessels. Wallenius Wilhelmsen will receive the bio-methanol bunkers […]
