Liquid Wind plans its fifth e-methanol plant in Nordics

Swedish e-fuel company Liquid Wind will develop another 100,000 mt/year e-methanol production plant in Sweden.

PHOTO: Övik Energi's biomass-fired cogeneration power plant in the High Coast Innovation Park business cluster, Sweden. Övik Energi

The fuel produced will primarily be supplied to the shipping, aviation and chemical sectors, Liquid Wind said.

E-methanol, or synthetic methanol, is produced using 100% biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) and green hydrogen. The biogenic CO2 is typically captured through either bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) or direct air capture (DAC). This fuel is virtually free of greenhouse gases and can be used as a drop-in fuel with grey methanol or on its own.

Liquid Wind has partnered with Swedish power utility company Övik Energi to set up renewable electricity input to power e-methanol and green hydrogen production.

The plant will be built in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden next to Övik Energi’s biomass-fired cogeneration power plant. A biomass-fired cogeneration plant uses organic bio-waste like wood chips and agricultural residues to generate electricity and heat.

CO2 emitted from this power plant will be captured to produce e-methanol. Production of 100,000 mt/year of e-methanol will need approximately 160,000 mt/year of biogenic CO2, Liquid Wind explained earlier.

The timeline for the final investment decision and commercial operations is not yet disclosed.

This is Liquid Wind’s second planned e-methanol plant in Sweden and its fifth in the overall Nordic region.

By Konica Bhatt

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