A more sustainable method of creating methanol—a key component of fuels, plastics, and medicines—has been developed by Cardiff University scientists and an international team of collaborators. The ...

Chinese scientists have used nanoplates that generate power from temperature changes to create synthetic methanol, which could be a clean way of removing CO2 from the atmosphere, as well as generating ...

Regarding the article “CNX plans $1.5B hydrogen fuels plant at Pittsburgh airport, but wants federal tax credit to build it” (May 15, TribLive): With all this excess methane we now have in the area, ...

Seen as a next step toward the maritime industry’s decarbonization goals, Methanol—if produced from renewable green sources—will bring the industry to a level of carbon neutrality. At Alfa Laval, the ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has engineered a microbial strain capable of rapidly growing in high concentrations of ...

Making methanol just got a lot easier, now that chemists at Yale have opened up a new electron highway. The discovery, published online Nov. 27 in the journal Nature, finds a novel solution for two ...

This week, two automakers—both with Swedish connections—have announced they’re going to pursue methanol engine technology. Semi-boutique hypercar maker Koenigsegg has joined Volvo-owning Chinese ...

America has an alcohol problem, and it’s not what you think. It’s time to save the internal combustion engine by expanding beyond the single form we currently use for fuel. In sync with President ...

LONGVIEW, Cowlitz County — Can the global campaign to limit climate change benefit from a $2 billion Washington plant making methanol for shipment to China’s plastic industry? Yes, according to a ...

A $1.4 billion methanol-to-jet-fuel facility is planned for St. Charles Parish, bringing 120 projected jobs and state incentives as questions remain about feedstock sourcing and environmental concerns ...

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical is partnering with AGC, the glass and chemical maker formerly known as Asahi Glass, to study a potential system for making methanol from carbon dioxide emissions. AGC intends ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...