📋 Tender Overview
Maritime Methanol: Adaptable, Renewable And Environmentally-Friendly
Objective
The M²ARE project develops and demonstrates a novel process for Maritime Methanol , a new grade of low-cost green methanol based on biogenic CO2 and renewable H2, to support the needs of the global shipping sector to reduce their CO2 emission.
The highlights of the M²ARE project:
Assessment and qualification of bio-CO2 from different sources (biogas, bioethanol, pulp & paper, combustion, …) for its feasibility in the methanol synthesis, thus increasing the feedstock base for Maritime Methanol.
An improved methanol process using a new reactor system based on process intensification and a simplified methanol purification will be demonstrated. The new process is uniquely suited to convert bio-CO2 compositions with fluctuating H2 supply to flexible grades of Maritime Methanol which will be further optimised in its composition and validated through a series of engine tests.
A digital model of the whole value chain from CO2/H2 to the maritime fuel will be developed to de-risk the technology and boost its scale-up by assessing and optimizing different geographical scenarios as basis for the deployment roadmap.
Funded Under
Climate, Energy And Mobility
Total Cost
€ 9 347 605,25
Eu Contribution
€ 7 559 885,68
Coordinated By
Air Liquide Forschung Und Entwicklung Gmbh
Germany
