New 600,000-ton methanol project in Inner Mongolia approved!

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New 600,000-ton methanol project in Inner Mongolia approved! On the 25th of the month, the Xingan League Ecology and Environment Bureau issued a notice stating that a decision regarding the approval of the environmental impact assessment document for Jinfeng Green Energy Chemicals (Xingan League) Co., Ltd.’s green hydrogen-based green methanol production (Phase II) project was to be made. This means that this major project, which requires an investment of 1.2 billion yuan, is one step closer to actual construction. The project is located in the High-Tech Industrial Park of Xing’an League Economic and Technological Development Zone, within the area reserved for the first phase of construction, covering an area of approximately 134,000 square meters. The main construction components include 1 set of biomass gasification unit, a methanol synthesis unit, a distillation unit, as well as supporting utility systems; upon completion, it will be able to produce 600,000 tons of green methanol per year. It is worth noting that this is already the second green methanol project that Goldwind Science & Technology has established in Xing’an Prefecture. The first phase of the project, with a capacity of 500,000 tons, was fully operational by October 2025; at that time, the process validation for the gasification unit was successfully completed, and the methanol synthesis plant was also connected to the gas supply. The very next day, the Xingan League Administration signed investment agreements with Goldwind for Phase II and Phase III projects, as well as wind power-related projects. According to the plan, by the end of 2027, the Xingan League base will have the capacity to produce 1.45 million tons of green methanol per year, along with 2 million kilowatts of wind power generation facilities and hydrogen production plants. In February of this year, the third phase of the project, with an annual production capacity of 725,000 tons, was also approved for implementation. The total investment in this phase is 2.3 billion yuan, and completion is scheduled for May 2028. The environmental impact assessment announcement for this second-phase project shows that the total investment in the project is 1.2 billion yuan, of which 7.81 million yuan is allocated to environmental protection measures, accounting for approximately 0.65%. In terms of environmental protection measures, the waste gas treatment system is quite comprehensive: organic waste gases are treated by combustion in RTO furnaces, the flue gases from steam heaters are discharged through 45-meter-high exhaust stacks, and dust is removed using pulse bag filters. All wastewater is treated centrally at the park’s sewage treatment plant, and solid waste is also disposed of properly in a classified manner. From an industrial perspective, green methanol is benefiting from favorable policy support. In a document jointly issued in March this year by three ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, green methanol was for the first time explicitly listed as a pilot application area. The 2026 government work report also included “green fuels” and “future energy” for the first time. In terms of the market, sales of remote-controlled methanol-powered heavy trucks increased by 314.8% year-on-year in January this year, as downstream channels for their use are beginning to emerge.