Methanol has been produced from carbon dioxide captured at a power station in India that has been fitted with carbon capture technology since 2023.
The Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, operated by power company NTPC, used technology supplied by the Indian subsidiary of UK-based Carbon Clean to capture emissions from a 500MW coal-fired power generation unit that was commissioned in 2015.
The system is designed to capture 20 tonnes of CO2 per day from the power station’s flue gas. This is then hydrogenated using a catalyst and green hydrogen to produce methanol.
Methanol is used as a solvent in products like paints and antifreeze, as a fuel in racing cars and model engines, and as a chemical feedstock to produce other substances like formaldehyde and acetic acid.
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