{"id":43344,"date":"2025-05-14T20:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=43344"},"modified":"2025-05-14T20:55:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:25:05","slug":"world-first-commercial-scale-e-methanol-plant-opens-in-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/14-05-2025\/world-first-commercial-scale-e-methanol-plant-opens-in-denmark","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s First Commercial-scale e-methanol Plant Opens in Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Denmark has launched the world\u2019s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant in Kasso.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Developed by European Energy (Denmark) and Mitsui (Japan), the plant will produce 42,000 metric tonnes of e-methanol annually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Methanol?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>About: <\/strong>Methanol (CH\u2083OH) is a light, volatile, and flammable liquid alcohol. Conventionally produced from natural gas and coal, it is used in chemicals, fuels, and plastics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"bebcaf\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/different-types-of-methanol.png\" alt=\"different types of methanol\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-43345\" style=\"--dominant-color: #bebcaf; width:458px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/different-types-of-methanol.png 1000w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/different-types-of-methanol-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/different-types-of-methanol-768x548.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Applications:<\/strong> Used in shipping fuel, plastic production, manufacturing fuel cells etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Challenges in e-Methanol Adoption<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High Cost:<\/strong> Not yet price-competitive with fossil fuels; price parity expected around 2035.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scale of Production:<\/strong> Infrastructure for large-scale green methanol is nascent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CO\u2082 Sourcing:<\/strong> Sustainable and reliable CO\u2082 capture remains a technological challenge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Storage and Distribution:<\/strong> Needs new or adapted logistics infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>India\u2019s Methanol Economy Programme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>About<\/strong>: Launched by NITI Aayog, the Methanol Economy Programme aims to reduce oil import bills, curb pollution and promote cleaner alternatives of fuel.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Key Pillars: <\/strong>Production of methanol from coal, biomass, and municipal waste can be used in LPG blend, power generation, and transportation which eventually helps in reducing India&#8217;s oil import bill &amp; greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The program targets a 10% reduction in crude oil imports by 2030 by substituting it with methanol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Government Initiatives and Progress:\u00a0 <\/strong>The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has initiated the <strong>Methanol Economy Research Programme (MERP)<\/strong> to support research and development in methanol production and utilization.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Blending of 15% methanol in gasoline (M15)<\/strong> has been notified, and test standards are being developed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>National Policy on Biofuels 2018<\/strong> recognizes methanol and DME (dimethyl ether) as alternative fuels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Denmark has launched the world\u2019s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant in Kasso.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is Methanol?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">About: Methanol (CH\u2083OH) is a light, volatile, and flammable liquid alcohol. Conventionally produced from natural gas and coal, it is used in chemicals, fuels, and plastics.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Applications: Used in shipping fuel, plastic production, manufacturing fuel cells etc.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/14-05-2025\/world-first-commercial-scale-e-methanol-plant-opens-in-denmark\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43357,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43344\/revisions\/43357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}