Mitsui Starts Mass Production of E-Methanol with Danish Firm
Aabenraa, Denmark, May 14 (Jiji Press)--Major Japanese trader Mitsui & Co. and Danish renewable energy company European Energy A/S have jointly launched the world's first mass production of environmentally friendly e-methanol.
Their joint venture, Solar Park Kasso ApS, produces low-carbon e-methanol by fusing hydrogen made with the use of electricity generated at solar facilities in a suburb of Aabenraa, southern Denmark, with carbon dioxide captured from biomass sources, according to Mitsui's announcement Tuesday. The annual production amount will total up to 42,000 tons.
(2025/05/14-13:26)
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