Carbon Recycling International (CRI), Kopavogur, Iceland, and Johnson Matthey (JM), London, have agreed on a long-term exclusive catalyst supply agreement for the use of JM’s KATALCOTM methanol catalysts in CRI’s Emissions-To-Liquids (ETL) designed CO2 to methanol plants. They said this offering helps meet the urgent need to remove carbon emissions in hard-to-decarbonize sectors of the economy.
Conventional methanol production involves fossil feedstocks such as natural gas or coal. Methanol manufactured with CRI’s ETL process using JM catalysts provides a route to sustainable methanol from CO2. This can be recovered from either industrial processes or biomass, such as waste and residues, or atmospheric sources.