【Ten Years of Rapid Development in Chemical Equipment】2366–2025: China’s first green methanol produced from municipal waste receives ISCC certification

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Let’s give praise and support to the achievements made in China’s chemical technology and equipment sector; your participation in discussions is the greatest encouragement. **********************【Ten Years of Progress in Chemical Equipment】Continuous updates and summaries are available; feel free to join the discussions: https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html ***************** China’s first green methanol produced from municipal waste has obtained ISCC certification. On May 12, 2025, the Hainan Dongfang Green Methanol Demonstration Project operated by CNOOC Petrochemical Co., Ltd. successfully received ISCC EU certification, becoming the first project in China to obtain such certification for green methanol produced from biogas generated from the fermentation of municipal waste. ISCC EU is a mandatory certification system for bioenergy products to enter the European Union market. Obtaining this certification means that CNOOC Chemical’s green methanol products have been approved for entry into the EU, laying a solid foundation for these products to reach international markets once the project goes into operation. This certification covers various market entities involved in the production and transportation of biomethane, as well as in the production and distribution of green methanol, thereby achieving certification for the entire industrial chain of green methanol products. Taking model innovation as a breakthrough point, this project makes full use of the existing natural gas-to-methanol production facilities of CNOOC Chemical Company. By collaborating with five upstream and downstream enterprises including CNPC Sales Hainan Company, it has established a complete industrial chain that transforms \"urban waste\" into \"green liquid fuel\". This approach opens up a new path for the high-value utilization of bio-natural gas in China, while also providing a new model for the green transformation of the shipping industry and the development of a circular economy. Audit of the source of kitchen waste: CNOOC Fudao Co., Ltd. is located in the Dongfang Industrial Park in Hainan Province; it uses offshore natural gas as a resource to produce large-grained urea, methanol, and other downstream products. It currently has 2 methanol production units and 2 large-grain urea production units, whose production facilities and process technologies are among the best in the world. Ocean Oil Tomishima Co., Ltd. operates 2 natural gas-to-methanol production units with capacities of 600,000 and 800,000 tons per year respectively. The first-phase methanol project, with an output of 600,000 tons per year of methanol, uses natural gas containing approximately 29% CO2 as its raw material, requiring 900 million cubic meters per year ； The second phase of the methanol plant, with an annual production capacity of 800,000 tons of methanol, uses natural gas containing approximately 26% CO2 as its raw material, at a consumption rate of 1.25 billion m3 per year. The production of green methanol this time was carried out at Toyoshima Company’s Phase II methanol plant.