Biomethanol offers renewable fuel alternative | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
Biomethanol offers renewable fuel alternative Methanol, which has gained market share as an alternative fuel in the bunker fuel sector as well as for vehicle transport, could be a widely used renewable fuel in the long term, but the current cost of production means it is uncompetitive. Renewable methanol — which contains carbon but at a low level — is produced from sustainable biomass (biomethanol) or from carbon dioxide and hydrogen using renewable electricity (e-methanol). Typically, biomethanol is produced from feedstocks such as forestry and agricultural waste as well as waste product...