Under the Australian-German cooperation initiative HyGate, the SolarMethanol porject intends to integrate several innovative low emission technologies to deliver renewable power and process heat, green hydrogen, CO2 capture and methanol synthesis to develop the domestic methanol production in Australia and potential export in Germany and other global markets..

Poroject Lead: Vast Solar (AU), Fichtner GmbH (DE)

Region: Oceania

Country: Australia

City/Town: Augusta

Timeline Start - End: 2023-01-27 -

Project Status: Upcoming

Project Budget: 25800000.0 €

Funding source: ARENA (AU) + BMBF (DE)

Website: https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/shareddocs/faq/wasserstoff-australien-deutschland-faq.html

News Highlights:

- https://calix.global/news/calix-part-consortium-awarded-funding-manufacture-sustainable-fuels-from-captured-co2/

Activities:

- CCU

CO2 Source: Cement and lime industry

CCU Tecnology Category: Capture (Point sources) and Utilization

Info On Utilization:

- Catalytic conversion

Facility stage: Planning

End TRL: 8

CO2 capture/Utilization: 15000 tCO2/a captured; 10 MW electrolysis

Production Volume: 7500 t/a methanol

Product Categories:

- Chemicals, Fuels

Specific Product(s): Methanol