New Catalyst Turns CO2 Into Valuable Methanol With Unprecedented Efficiency

A new catalyst built from isolated indium atoms allows scientists to convert CO2 into methanol more efficiently while revealing the hidden chemistry that drives the reaction.
Nature

Methanol Production from Methane Using Methanotrophs

Methanol production from methane employing methanotrophs represents a rapidly evolving intersection of microbiology, chemical engineering and renewable energy research. This bioconversion approach ...
Nanowerk

Using individual atoms to achieve fossil-free chemistry

Methanol is a key starting material for chemical products. Researchers can now produce this precursor from CO2 and hydrogen ...
New Atlas

Methane converted into methanol at room temperature – just add light

Scientists have developed an efficient new way to convert methane into methanol at room temperature. The technique could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide a cleaner way to make key ...

Methanol-tolerant microbial strain could make sustainable biomanufacturing more economically viable

A research team affiliated with UNIST has engineered a microbial strain capable of rapidly growing in high concentrations of ...
pv magazine International

What must be done to use solar and wind in power-to-methanol

The application of renewable energy power generation technologies in power-to-methanol projects will become viable only if the chemical industry will make processes for methanol production more ...
Nasdaq

KBR & Johnson Matthey Unite for Ammonia-Methanol Production

KBR, Inc. KBR has inked a deal with Johnson Matthey (JM) to license a groundbreaking ammonia-methanol co-production process. Notably, this co-production process will combine KBR's proprietary PURIFIER ...
Business Wire

M2X and SCGC Partner to Reduce Methane Emissions, Streamline Production of Methanol from Stranded Gas

ROCKLEDGE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--M2X Energy, a startup company with process technology that converts stranded natural gas into low-carbon methanol, and SCG Chemicals (SCGC), a leading petrochemicals ...
Business Wire

CARBONCO to Join Jeju Island Green Methanol Production Project

Signs an agreement with Jeju Energy Corporation, Gaoncell, and ThyssenKrupp Leverages P2X technology which stores and utilizes renewable energy in the form of methanol CARBONCO announced that it has ...