FINNFJORD
COMMERCIAL SCALE E-METHANOL PRODUCTION IN NORWAY
Carbon Recycling International is designing a new commercial scale e-methanol production facility to be located next to a Ferrosilicon plant in Finnfjord, northern Norway.
The plant will use as raw material CO₂ captured from the emissions of the Finnfjord ferrosilicon plant and hydrogen generated from the electrolysis of water using renewable electricity. The production process will be based on CRI’s Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL) technology.
The Finnfjord ferrosilicon plant, located in Troms and Finnmark county, Norway, has an installed production capacity of 100.000 tons per year. It is one of the most energy-efficient ferrosilicon plants in the world and has a stated goal of becoming the first facility of its kind to achieve carbon neutrality. The partners now seek to capture and convert more than half of its emissions into methanol for fuel and chemical applications.
In addition to the e-methanol plant project, Finnfjord is also developing plans to use its CO₂ to produce up to 75.000 tons of algae biomass. The plan to capture and ultimately re-use 300.000 tons per year of carbon dioxide from the process will reduce emissions equivalent to the permanent removal of over 100.000 fossil-fueled cars from the roads. The co-siting of these carbon utilisation projects at the Finnfjord site brings additional benefits through shared infrastructure and efficient energy utilisation, supporting industrial innovation and sustainable economic development.
