Shanghai’s 100,000-ton green methanol project has obtained dual certifications for its entire production process

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Recently, the Shanghai 100,000-ton capacity green methanol project, jointly developed by four municipal state-owned enterprises—including Shenneng Group, Shanghai Urban Investment Group, Huayi Group, and Shanghai Port Group—reached an important milestone. The project has obtained dual certification for the entire process, including raw material supply, methanol production, as well as trading, storage, transportation, and refueling, under the ISCC EU and PLUS standards. Its average carbon emission intensity is over 80% lower than that of methanol produced from fossil fuels, at 94 gCO2eq/MJ. This makes it capable of meeting the fueling needs of international ships at Shanghai Port, thereby contributing significantly to the development of Shanghai as an international shipping hub. This project is Shanghai’s first local green methanol production facility. It is also the largest project in China for producing green methanol from biogas, and globally, it is the largest facility that uses waste materials such as wet waste from a single city as raw materials to produce green methanol. Planning and establishing Shanghai’s own capacity for green methanol production is not only essential for building a green fuel refueling center within the Shanghai International Shipping Center and creating a stable foundation for a green fuel trading market, but it is also an important step in implementing the \"dual carbon\" goals. It represents the necessary path for driving the green transformation of the Shanghai International Shipping Center. Through the sincere cooperation and joint efforts of four municipal state-owned enterprises, the project has truly achieved the transformation of waste into treasure – a remarkable conversion from the city’s wet waste and agricultural waste into green fuel for international shipping hubs. The eleven certification certificates obtained by this project cover the green methanol raw material supply side at SHENENG Group’s biomass facility in Langxia Town, Jinshan District, and at the Chengtou Group’s ecological protection facility in Laogang; the green methanol production side at HUAYI Group; as well as the green methanol trading, storage, and refueling aspects handled by SHENENG Group and SHANGGANG Group. This signifies that Shanghai’s 100,000-ton capacity green methanol project has obtained the \"green pass\" necessary to enter the global market and carry out refueling operations at Shanghai Port. Going forward, the four municipal state-owned enterprises will continue to focus on the overall situation, work together with unity, and take on more responsibilities, so as to better support Shanghai’s development as one of the \"five centers\" and make greater contributions to Shanghai’s green and low-carbon development as well as its development as an international shipping hub.