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HIF Global is developing an approximately USD 4bn e-methanol project in the city of Paysandú, in Uruguay. The facility would be the largest e-methanol plant in South America.
It is expected to use electrolytic green hydrogen and waste CO2 from an ethanol plant.
HIF estimates the facility will require 1 GW of electrolyzer capacity and 2 GW of renewable electricity.
Johnson Matthey is the e-methanol licensor, using its e-methanol eMERALD™ technology.
The facility has an expected production capacity of 700,000 tonnes per year of e-methanol. The e-methanol will be produced for the marine market, as well as a feedstock to produce e-gasoline, via a methanol to gasoline process.