Renewable Energy,
Hydrogen and Methanol

CRI are supporting multiple projects with the aim of recycling millions of tonnes of CO₂ per year

Renewable Energy and Green Methanol

Methanol, as an environmentally-sustainable energy carrier, has the potential to add significant value for the participants in renewable energy projects. It is a high energy density, stable liquid at room temperature.

Renewable energy can be used to generate hydrogen, which is combined with CO₂ from emissions or Direct Air Capture, to make certified sustainable methanol, an easy to transport chemical with a growing global market.

Renewable Energy Partnerships

CRI is a key technology provider and project enabler, working with stakeholders in the renewable energy market, to maximize energy value through e-methanol.

Renewable Project Developer

Developers can utilise CO₂ emissions or Direct Air Capture technology to convert surplus renewable energy into liquid eMethanol, improving project economics, to grow their sustainable project portfolio. Methanol’s ability to be easily transported over long distances and stored long term gives it a logistical advantage, while its broad market demand, spanning from fuel to industrial feedstock, promises long term economic viability.

Power Utility

Renewable methanol can be used as a clean fuel for electricity generation as well as a storage medium for renewable energy, aligning with the needs of power utilities that are looking for environmentally friendly and reliable energy solutions.

Renewable methanol not only reduces carbon emissions, it also improves energy security by helping power utilities better integrate renewable energy into the power mix.

Renewable Hydrogen Project Developer

Serving as a hydrogen carrier, methanol synthesis facilitates long term storage and transportation of renewable energy in the form of a liquid. Its compatibility with existing infrastructure simplifies integration and market access, fostering a more versatile and scalable approach to green hydrogen projects.

Power Grid Operator

For power grid operators, renewable methanol provides a valuable storage solution for intermittent renewable energy sources. Its ability to store and release energy efficiently supports grid stability. As a versatile fuel, renewable methanol offers grid operators a sustainable option, helping balance supply and demand while reducing reliance on conventional fossil fuels.

Methanol - Efficient and Practical

Methanol - chemical formula CH₃OH - is the simplest hydrogen-containing molecule that is a liquid at room temperature. It is physically and chemically stable.

This makes methanol a very efficient, liquid-form hydrogen carrier that can be integrated into the market more rapidly than building new hydrogen infrastructure. Hydrogen to methanol technology allows hydrogen derivatives to be produced and green hydrogen to be directed into high-value applications that cannot be electrified directly and where alternatives are limited.

The growing demand for e-methanol, particularly in the marine sector, signals a robust market and strategic investment opportunity. With over a decade of practical experience in methanol-related technologies and global markets, CRI can support renewable energy and hydrogen project developers as they navigate the technology, intricacies of legislation, market dynamics and logistics involved to successfully realise projects at scale.

Power Density

Methanol is highly power dense
Energy stored per cubic metre - at standard temperature and pressure:
Methanol (liquid) - 20 GJ
Hydrogen (gas) - 3 GJ
Ammonia (liquid) - 5 GJ

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Energy Storage

Methanol is a large scale, long term energy storage solution.
Physically stable, methanol does not evaporate or freeze. Chemically stable, methanol does not degrade like biodiesel or gasoline. A proven-viable option.

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Energy Transport

Methanol is safer to handle than hydrogen, ammonia, oil or gas.
A 50,000 tonne methanol cargo vessel can deliver 280 GWh of energy in each shipment.

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Joint Project Development

CRI is a global leader in renewable energy projects, offering expertise from years of distributing renewable methanol and designing and operating renewable methanol plants. Our approach involves close collaboration with clients, actively engaging to identify and implement solutions that address their unique decarbonisation challenges. We are one of the few providers that supply both technology licensing and services across the whole project value chain from project conception through to operation, covering:

Feasibility studies
Process Integration
Market assessments and advice

Permitting
Offtake arrangements
Project Financing

We have the know-how and expertise that can only be developed through a proven track record of successful projects, which includes two of the world‘s largest CO₂-to-methanol plants. By partnering with CRI, project developers can leverage our unique experience and expertise in renewable project development to capitalise on the global market for eMethanol.

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GEORGE OLAH

Started up in 2012 in Iceland, the George Olah plant was the first industrial-scale production facility ever built that utilizes carbon dioxide waste gas for methanol production. Recycling 5,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, the plant is an at-scale demonstration of the technical, economic and environmental benefits of CRI's Emissions-to-Liquids technology.

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