John Cockerill, Johnson Matthey and ETFuels Announce Strategic Partnership for 120,000 ton Texas e-Methanol Project
ETFuels has selected John Cockerill and Johnson Matthey as key strategic partners for its 120,000 ton per year e-methanol project in Texas.
John Cockerill will provide 210MW of its advanced pressurized alkaline electrolyser units, along with technical services as the foundation for the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) phase for the green hydrogen facility to be constructed in Texas. This project will benefit from John Cockerill’s local manufacturing and support capabilities, as the Group has invested in a Gigafactory in Texas to develop and produce its electrolysers in the USA.
Johnson Matthey – a global leader in sustainable technologies – will supply its advanced eMERALD e-methanol technology, along with the eMERALD methanol synthesis catalyst, for ETFuels’ first U.S. project. This technology also forms the basis of the FEED phase for the fully integrated e-methanol facility.
By 2029, ETFuels will produce 120,000 tons of e-methanol annually from co-located 500 MW high-capacity renewable energy sources together with biogenic CO₂ at this state-of-the-art plant. The plant will span an impressive 22,000 acres in Texas and will pave the way for development of ETFuels’ broader portfolio of sites across Texas, Spain and Finland – some of the best locations in the world to produce e-fuels. The Financial Investment Decision for the first project is expected in 2026, with construction scheduled to start by or before 2027. The project is expected to create approximately 500 construction jobs, with more than 50 permanent operating roles upon completion. Total investment is expected to be over a billion dollars.
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Press release https://tinyurl.com/238rwfyb
