Methanol Synthesis Utilising Renewable Hydrogen (Archived)

Methanol Synthesis Utilising Renewable Hydrogen

A feasibility study assessed if carbon feedstock from unrecyclable waste combined with renewable hydrogen can support a restart of methanol manufacturing in Victoria.

Main proponents: HAMR Energy, Bingo Industries	Main end-use classification: Methanol production	Status: Archived	Estimated cost: Feasibility study: AUD$154,451
Other involvement:	Production details:	Location: Victoria, Australia	Announced funding: Feasibility study: AUD$57,173 – Victorian Government Renewable Hydrogen Business Ready Fund

Project description

In 2016, the only Australian methanol production facility in Laverton, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, closed down due to the inability to secure long-term gas supply.

Hydrogen is needed in the methanol manufacturing process. A feasibility study investigated if renewable hydrogen can be used as an alternative to hydrogen created from steam methane reforming in methanol manufacturing. The focus of the study is on the use of hydrogen, the feasibility and the impact that its introduction has on the economics of a waste to methanol plant. The study examined facilities/works located in the Laverton North area of Melbourne.

The Victorian Government supported the feasibility study through an award of AUD$57,173 through its Renewable Hydrogen Business Ready Fund.

The study was completed in the first part of 2023.

 

Reviewed: May 2023