The Kassø e-methanol facility located in Aabenraa, Denmark, has been officially inaugurated and is now supplying e-methanol to offtakers.
The e-methanol facility, developed by Danish-headquartered European Energy and operated in collaboration with Japanese Mitsui & Co., is owned by Solar Park Kassø ApS under Kassø MidCo ApS, with European Energy A/S holding a 51% stake and Mitsui & Co. 49%.
The new facility is supplying e-methanol to industry leaders including A.P. Moller – Maersk, the LEGO Group, and Novo Nordisk, as European Energy states.
The Kassø facility is the first of its kind globally to produce e-methanol at commercial scale. The plant has an annual production capacity of 42,000 tonnes and operates entirely on renewable energy sources.
Situated next to Northern Europe’s largest solar park, the 304 MW Kassø Solar Park, the facility integrates large-scale renewable power generation with carbon capture and utilisation. By combining biogenic CO₂ with green hydrogen produced on-site, the Kassø e-methanol facility manufactures e-methanol with up to a 97% reduced carbon footprint compared to fossil-based products.
The Danish shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller – Maersk will use e-methanol produced at Kassø to fuel Laura Mærsk, a containership capable of operating on methanol.
Mitsui & Co. has contributed strategic expertise and global reach to support the facility’s long-term development and operation.
“The start of operations at Kassø marks a major step forward in bringing Power-to-X technologies into real-world use. This is renewable energy in action, transforming how we use electricity,” says Knud Erik Andersen, CEO of European Energy.
“We are excited to receive the first e-methanol from the Kassø facility, marking an important milestone in our global efforts to source alternative fuels for our vessel fleet. The future of shipping must include multiple fuel types operating alongside each other, with methanol playing a key role in the industry’s net-zero ambitions,” says Rabab Raafat Boulos, executive vice president, chief operating officer at A.P. Moller – Maersk.
