Mitsui Starts Mass Production of E-Methanol with Danish Firm

Mitsui Starts Mass Production of E-Methanol with Danish Firm

The e-methanol plant of renewable energy company Solar Park Kasso ApS in a suburb of Aabenraa, southern Denmark
The e-methanol plant of renewable energy company Solar Park Kasso ApS in a suburb of Aabenraa, southern Denmark

   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.

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