Ethanol

Germany

New Plant in Germany Produces E-methanol From Wastewater

In Mannheim, Germany, ICODOS GmbH, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and Mannheim’s urban drainage company (EBS) have partnered to create a facilit…

Ethanol

Anaergia Tapped to Build Biogas Plant in South Korea

Anaergia Inc. has signed a contract with New Jeju Bio Co. Ltd. to design and construct the Jeju Bio Energy Biogas plant on Jeju Island, South Korea. The agreeme…

Methane

Wood Secures Work on UAE’s First Large-Scale Methanol Production Plant

UK-based engineering and consulting firm Wood has secured a contract from TA’ZIZ, a chemicals and transition fuels hub in the UAE, to provide project mana…

China

World’s ‘First’ 9,300 CEU Methanol Dual-Fuel Car Carrier Hits Water

On May 21, 2025, the world’s first 9,300 CEU methanol dual-fuel car carrier, named CM Hong Kong, was launched in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China. The cer…

China

MAN Energy Solutions Reveals World’s Most Powerful Methanol Engine

MAN Energy Solutions has unveiled the world’s most powerful two-stroke methanol engine, rated at 82,440kW at 80rpm. The engine is being built by CSSC-MES …

China

COSCO Shipping Bulk Orders New Ammonia and Methanol-Ready Ships

COSCO Shipping Bulk, a subsidiary of COSCO Shipping, has ordered two 209,800 dwt ammonia and methanol-ready bulk carriers from Qingdao Beihai Shipbuilding in Qi…

Ethanol

China to Allow Brazil’s Ethanol By-Product Amid Lula Visit, US-China Trade War

On Tuesday, Brazil finalized protocols with China to export distillers dried grains (DDGs), a nutrient-rich ethanol by-product used in animal feed for pigs, cat…

Denmark

World’s First Commercial-Scale E-methanol Plant Opens in Denmark

The world’s first commercial-scale e-methanol plant began operations in Kasso, southern Denmark, on Tuesday, with shipping company Maersk set to purchase …

Germany

Koppö Energia Selects Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s Green Methanol Technology

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) has announced that Koppö Energia Oy has selected its green methanol technology for the development of an e-metha…

Belgium

Vioneo and Wood Partner on World’s First Fossil-Free Plastics Plant

Vioneo, a plastics manufacturer, has partnered with engineering firm Wood to develop a pioneering plant in Antwerp, Belgium, that will produce carbon-negative p…

Finland

Koppö Energia Selects Thyssenkrupp Uhde’s Green Methanol Technology

Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH, based in Dortmund, Germany, has been selected by Koppö Energia Oy to provide its green methanol technology and conduct a Front End …

Hydrogen Production

Hazer and KBR Partner to Scale Clean Hydrogen Technology

Australian technology firm Hazer and U.S.-based KBR, a science, technology, and engineering company, have signed a binding alliance agreement to commercialize H…

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

Farizon Auto, Bosch Commercial Vehicle Group Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance Methanol-Hydrogen Electric Technologies

On April 25, 2025, at AUTO SHANGHAI 2025, Geely’s Farizon New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group (Farizon Auto) and Bosch Commercial Vehicle Group signed a strate…

China

Wan Hai Lines Seals $816M Deal for Methanol-Ready Boxship Quartet

Wan Hai Lines, a leading Taiwanese shipping company, has contracted two South Korean shipbuilders to construct four dual-fuel methanol-ready container vessels. …

Ethanol

Trump Administration Allows Temporary Sales of Summertime Higher-Ethanol Fuel

On Monday, the Trump administration announced an emergency waiver permitting the nationwide sale of E15, a gasoline blend containing 15% ethanol, during the sum…