Ørsted has taken a final investment decision to build a PtX plant in Sweden and has appointed Topsoe to provide engineering, procurement and fabrication (EPF) for the project’s e-methanol production.
FlagshipONE will be built in Örnsköldsvik in Northern Sweden and is expected to be in operation in 2025.
The plant will capture biogenic carbon dioxide (CCU) and combine this with hydrogen made from renewable electricity and water, to produce renewable methanol, or e-methanol.
It will produce 50,000 tonnes per year of e-methanol a year, enough to fuel one large ocean-going vessel or several ferries.
This versatile, liquid fuel is carbon neutral and easy to store, transport and use, and the production from FlagshipONE will go to the marine sector.
In its EPF scope, Topsoe will supply its eMethanol Loop technology, as well as pre-assembled modules for the facility and free-standing equipment such as the methanol reactor and distillation columns.
Sundus Cordelia Ramli, member of Liquid Wind’s Board of Directors and chief commercial officer for PtX at Topsoe, said: “The shipping industry is one of the single biggest emitters of CO2 accounting for 3% globally.
“It makes us proud to be part of this consortium that brings together very capable players to actively bring down this figure.
“We look forward to bringing our tried and tested methanol technology into this innovative context and to support decarbonisation of the shipping industry alongside Ørsted, a leader in renewable energy.”
Anders Nordstrøm, COO at Ørsted P2X, said: “Ørsted is determined to lead the green transformation of society, and that’s exactly what we’re doing by constructing a project like FlagshipONE.
“We believe that e-methanol will play a key role in bringing down the carbon emissions from the maritime industry, and alongside key partners like Topsoe, we’re working hard to make that vision come true.”