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EUBCE 2024 - Henrik SCHLÖSSER - The M²ARE Project - Maritime Methanol: Adaptable, Renewable and Environmentally-friendly

The M²ARE Project - Maritime Methanol: Adaptable, Renewable and Environmentally-friendly

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The M²ARE Project - Maritime Methanol: Adaptable, Renewable and Environmentally-friendly

Short Introductive summary

Today, waterborne transport is driven primarily by diesel engines (around 99%), using mainly heavy fuel oil (HFO), which tends to be high in sulphur, and middle distillate fuel (MGO). In 2019, shipping represented around 3-4% of all EU GHG emissions and around 13% of the transport sector. In response to the high demand for maritime decarbonized fuel, M²ARE project’s will deliver a methanol synthesis demonstration plant by mid-2027, using the existing pilot plant located at the Air Liquide Innovation Campus Frankfurt, Germany. This “Maritime Methanol” will be suited specifically to engine usage and aims at a CO2 emission reduction by more than 70% compared to conventional maritime fuels on a well-to-wake basis (the entire process of fuel production, delivery and use onboard ships, and all emissions produced therein).

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Henrik SCHLÖSSER

Air Liquide Forschung und Entwicklung, GERMANY

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Co-authors:

S. Haag, Air Liquide Forschung und Entwicklung, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
H. Schlösser, Air Liquide Forschung und Entwicklung, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
V. Gronemann, Air Liquide, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
A. Günther, Air Liquide, Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY
A. Ramirez-Ramirez, TU Delft, Delft, THE NETHERLANDS
E. Heracleous, CERTH, Thessaloniki, GREECE
K. Panopoulos, CERTH, Athens, GREECE
M. Bampaou, CERTH, Athens, GREECE
V. Colla, SSSA, Pisa, ITALY
L. Falk, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, FRANCE
M. Moser, MAN, Augsburg, GERMANY
T. Ridolfi, ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Florence, ITALY

Session reference: 5BV.4.1