The Yuanfeng Energy demonstration project, the largest biomass-based electro-methanol facility of its kind with an annual production capacity of 700,000 tons of green methanol, has commenced operations in Ordos

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The largest single-unit biomass-to-methanol project has commenced operations! On December 18, 2024, the demonstration project for Yuanfeng Energy’s annual production of 700,000 tons of green methanol began construction in Etoke Banner. The Yuanfeng Energy demonstration project for the annual production of 700,000 tons of green methanol has a construction period of 18 to 24 months, with a total investment of around 2.5 billion yuan. The project employs cutting-edge international and top-tier domestic innovation technologies. It is the world’s largest green methanol production facility of its kind, as well as China’s first project to produce methanol from biomass. It is connected to fundamental industries such as biomass cultivation and desertification control, while also linking to emerging fields such as carbon reduction in shipping and new green chemical materials. It is understood that Ordos Yuanfeng Energy Technology Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shanghai Yutang New Energy Technology Co., Ltd.; it primarily uses biomass gasification to obtain carbon dioxide, and combines this with green electricity from new energy sources to produce green methanol.