SHUNLI
CO₂ -TO-METHANOL PLANT: COMMERCIAL SCALE PRODUCTION IN CHINA
In October 2022 Carbon Recycling International completed commissioning of a new CO₂-to-methanol production facility located adjacent to a coke oven gas production (COG) in Anyang city, Henan Province, China. The plant is the world’s largest production of fuel from captured CO₂ emissions with a capacity of 110.000 tons low-carbon intensity methanol per year. The total investment in the Shunli plant design and equipment is USD 90 million with funding raised through debt-and equity financing. The Shunli plant is majority owned by the Henan Shuncheng Group.
The coke-oven facility, operated by Chinese chemical company Henan Schuncheng Group, produces metallurgical coke. Energy-rich and free of volatile compounds, the coke is then used as a raw material for steel manufacturing. The main elements formed as by-products is the coke oven gas containing CO₂ hydrogen and methane.
In the Shunli plant, CRI’s Emissions-to-Liquids platform (ETL) is an addition to a new coke oven gas treatment facility, to recover energy and create value from these by-products. Recycling 160.000 tons CO₂ per annum, the Shunli plant greatly reduces the emissions associated with steel production and supplies local corporations with clean fuel and chemical in the form of low-carbon intensity methanol. The methanol has seen applications such as replacing diesel fuel in heavy duty methanol trucks and lighting the flame of the Asian games in Hangzhou in 2023.
Construction was completed in mid-2022 and commissioning took place during Q3 2022. In addition to becoming a vital part of the local economy, creating 80 jobs and valorizing industrial waste streams previously emitted, the Shunli plant represents an important milestone in the development of Chinese industry towards circular value-chains.
Key facts
First commercial scale Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL) plant
World’s largest production of fuel from CO₂
Commissioned in Q3 2022
110.000 tons low-carbon intensity methanol from 160.000 tons CO₂
CO₂ sourced from coke production facility
H₂ by-product stream valorized
Methanol used to replace diesel fuel for heavy-duty trucks
