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Demand for green methanol vastly exceeds available suppy

Green methanol is a key element in many carriers’ clean energy ambitions. But volumes still fall far short of the soaring demand. 
The world's first methanol-powered container ship Laura Maersk, owned by the Maersk shipping company, in Copenhagen. | Photo: Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
The world's first methanol-powered container ship Laura Maersk, owned by the Maersk shipping company, in Copenhagen. | Photo: Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by SEBASTIAN SCHLÜTER JACOBSEN

There is a rapidly growing demand for green methanol to replace much of the global merchant fleet’s use of more CO2-heavy fossil fuels. 

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