【Ten Years of Great Progress in Chemical Technology】Announcement on Shanghai’s First Pilot Project for Capturing CO2 from Flue Gas to Produce Methanol: 065-2023!
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Ten years of rapid development in chemical technology – praise for China’s prosperity and strength. This is just a starting point; more participation will make things even more lively. HaiChuan becomes even better with you here; we welcome everyone to engage more in discussions on this forum. Everyone should pay attention to safety and know how to handle emergencies. ********************************************* On June 6th, a public notice was issued prior to the submission for approval of the environmental impact assessment for the pilot project aimed at using flue gas CO2 from the Third External Power Plant to produce methanol! Name of the construction project: Pilot Project for CO2 Capture from Flue Gas in Waigaoqiao No. 3 Power Plant and Its Utilization in Methanol Production. Name of the project owner: Shanghai Waigaoqiao No. 3 Power Generation Co., Ltd. Name of the environmental impact assessment agency: Shanghai Chemical Industry Research Institute Co., Ltd. Location of the project: No. 1281, Haixu Road, Gaodong Town, Pudong New Area. Period for public comments: from June 6, 2023, to June 13, 2023. In line with the goals related to carbon reduction, the enterprise will identify its role appropriately, leverage the advantages of efficient and clean coal-based power generation, and actively explore and research low-carbon technologies for coal power generation, including various types of coupling studies and technical preparations for coal-fired units, with the aim of moving toward lower-carbon or even zero-carbon operations. The next step will be to accelerate transformation and upgrading through active exploration. Plans are in place to develop pilot-scale projects for producing methanol from CO2 on a scale of 10,000 tons, as well as full-scale demonstration projects with a capacity of 300,000 tons. By taking advantage of the multi-stage utilization of low-grade thermal energy generated by the Waisan Power Plant, it is possible to achieve efficient capture of carbon dioxide from the flue gases of coal-fired power plant boilers and use it to produce methanol, thereby supporting technological innovation in carbon neutrality for coal-fired power generation enterprises.
Methanol is both a clean energy source and an important chemical raw material; it is at the core of the concept of the \"methanol economy\". The technologies for the energy and chemical industry chains using methanol as a raw material are largely mature, and the conditions for large-scale application and promotion are now in place. Against the backdrop of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, \"green methanol\" is attracting attention from research institutions, the business community, and the capital market. There are two ways to produce green methanol: using green hydrogen and CO2 ； Or produced from bio-based raw materials. The production of green methanol from green hydrogen and CO2 is moving from industrial demonstration to large-scale commercial application. The main method for producing green hydrogen is the electrolysis of water using renewable energy, with electricity costs accounting for around 80% of the total cost of hydrogen production. \"Green electricity,\" represented by wind and solar power, is expected to become the main source of electricity by 2050; when the cost of green electricity falls below 0.15 yuan/kWh, the green hydrogen produced will have a significant cost advantage. CO2 capture, concentration, and transport technologies have been put into industrial use, and reducing costs and energy consumption is the key challenge. Producing green methanol from green hydrogen and CO2 not only effectively reduces carbon emissions but also addresses the challenges associated with the storage and transportation of green hydrogen. The world’s first methanol production plant using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, built in Hikari, has become a classic project. Utilizing technology from the Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the world’s first liquid sunlight demonstration project located in Lanzhou New Area was successfully tested in 2020; it integrates photovoltaic power generation, water electrolysis for hydrogen production, and the conversion of carbon dioxide into methanol through hydrogenation. In February 2023, the world’s first 100,000-ton CO2-to-methanol production facility, funded by Geely and Shuncheng Group, came online in Anyang, Henan.
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