Renewables in action: 'Wold's largest' commercial e-methanol plant inaugurated

Kassø Power-to-X facility in Aabenraa, Denmark, dubbed the world’s largest commercial e-methanol facility, has been officially inaugurated and is supplying e-methanol to offtakers, including shipping giant Maersk.

The inauguration of the Kassø e-methanol facility, developed by European Energy and operated in collaboration with Mitsui & Co., was celebrated on May 13.

Said to be the first of its kind to produce e-methanol at a commercial scale, the plant has an annual production capacity of 42,000 tonnes and operates on renewable energy sources. It is located next to the 304 MW Kassø Solar Park and integrates large-scale renewable power generation with carbon capture and utilisation.

E-methanol with up to a 97% reduced carbon footprint compared to fossil-based products is produced by combining biogenic CO2 with green hydrogen produced on-site.

Designed to support the direct decarbonization of sectors that are otherwise difficult to electrify, e-methanol produced at Kassø will be used to fuel Laura Mærsk, the world’s first container vessel capable of operating on methanol.

The LEGO Group and Novo Nordisk are also offtakers of e-methanol from Kassø, using it to replace fossil methanol in