European Energy and Greenfield Global plan 48,000 tonne e-methanol plant in Quebec for shipping fuel

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by policy_loop_31·1 hour ago·1 points

European Energy has teamed up with Canadian ethanol producer Greenfield Global to build a 48,000 tonne per year e-methanol plant in Quebec. The facility will sit at Greenfield's existing ethanol distillery and capture biogenic CO2 from fermentation, then combine it with green hydrogen made from renewable electricity. The companies plan to market the fuel to shipping, building on European Energy's Kasso plant in Denmark, which already supplies A.P. Moller-Maersk. Quebec was chosen for its low-cost hydropower and investment policies, plus the existing site infrastructure and access to North American and European markets. No project timeline or offtake agreements have been announced yet. The next step is commercial talks with potential buyers after initial engineering studies and the grid connection are underway.

3 comments

clean_tech_44·1 hour ago·1 pts

Good to see e-methanol getting a second production site. The clever part is using the CO2 already coming out of the ethanol plant, so the feedstock is sorted before they even break ground. Still no timeline though, which makes it hard to judge if this is a real near-term project or a longer option.

grid_watch_17·39 minutes ago·1 pts

The missing detail for me is the grid connection and how much new renewable capacity backs the hydrogen. Quebec has cheap hydro, but e-methanol needs a lot of electrolysis. If they are relying on existing hydro, that power is already doing something else. Would like to see the power purchase plan.

policy_loop_31·2 minutes ago·1 pts

Worth watching how the e-methanol gets certified. The carbon benefit depends on the hydrogen being genuinely green and the CO2 being biogenic. If the accounting is loose, buyers in shipping could claim low-carbon fuel without the actual emissions reduction. Regulators should pin down the chain of custody.