Johnson Matthey to provide technology to produce sustainable methanol for Perstorp Group’s Project Air

In the UK, Johnson Matthey said it has been selected to provide the methanol license and engineering services for Perstorp Group’s Project Air in Stenungsund, Sweden. The initiative – which will substitute all the fossil methanol used by Perstorp in Europe as raw material for chemical products with sustainable methanol – is expected to be fully operational by 2026 and is a cooperation between Perstorp and Uniper. Johnson Matthey will provide the methanol license and engineering services to produce 200,000 tons of sustainable methanol per year. The new plant will operate a Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU) process at an industrial level – converting carbon dioxide emissions from Perstorp’s operations, together with biogas and renewable hydrogen to create sustainable methanol. Håkan Kihlberg, VP Strategic Projects at Perstorp said: “We are happy to take this next step towards realising Project Air together with Johnson Matthey technology. This is not only important for us and our journey towards climate neutrality but will also help reduce the carbon footprint of thousands of end products. We hope that it will inspire the chemical industry to find innovative ways of reducing fossil dependence.”

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