George Olah Renewable Methanol Plant
This project is operational in Iceland.
- Status
- Operational
- Estimated reduction
- 5,600 tCO2e, period not stated
- Countries
- Iceland
- Sector
- Carbon capture and removal
- Announced
- Not stated
- Expected start
- 2012
About this project
The description is as the source gives it.
The George Olah Renewable Methanol Plant, located in Svartsengi, Iceland, is the world's first industrial-scale facility to produce renewable methanol by converting CO2 from a geothermal power plant's flue gas and hydrogen from renewable electrolysis. Commissioned in 2012 by Carbon Recycling International, it currently operates at a capacity of 4,000 metric tons of methanol per year, recycling about 5,600 metric tons of CO2 annually. The project demonstrates scalable technology for carbon capture and utilization, achieving 80-90% CO2 emission reductions compared to fossil fuels.
Statuses, countries and reductions are as the public source states them, and may be out of date.
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