The Danish renewable energy company has just opened the world’s first large-scale commercial e-methanol plant, with an annual production capacity of 42,000 tonnes.
What do LEGO, Maersk and Novo Nordisk have in common? They are all customers of this new facility, which replaces fossil-based methanol with a low-carbon alternative made using renewable energy and green hydrogen. The plant is located in Kassø, in the south of Denmark, adjacent to Northern Europe’s largest solar farm (304 MW). The site brings together large-scale renewable energy production with carbon capture and utilisation (CCU).
By combining CO₂ with green hydrogen, the plant produces e-methanol with a carbon footprint reduced by 97% compared to conventional methods. This new fuel will power the Laura Maersk, the world’s first container ship designed to run on methanol.
The project is a collaboration between European Energy and Japan’s Mitsui & Co., who share a common ambition to scale up Power-to-X technologies. Their goal is to decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors such as shipping and heavy industry.
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