About the Project
UP-TO-ME
UP-TO-ME targets a groundbreaking change in decentralised Power-to-Methanol production for hard-to-electrify applications, such as marine vessels and heavy goods vehicles (HGV).
The technology will enable the use of CO2 from point sources utilising locally available renewable energy, making small scale production of methanol economically competitive for the first time!
The UP-TO-ME concept
The UP-TO-ME technology will capture and utilise the CO2 for methanol production and simultaneously upgrade the biogas to biomethane.
As a first byproduct, biomethane can be used as a substitute of natural gas and as a fuel for heavy goods vehicles, allowing biomethane injection into the existing natural gas grid.
The fully automated, self-learning and self optimising content system (TRL 4 What is a TRL?) allows the production of methanol under fluctuating conditions. This can be achieved by combining dynamic plant models and artificial intelligence to provide self-optimising control of off-grid operations, which is very challenging and has never been done before!
The ability of a remote plant to adapt itself to varying boundary conditions such as the availability of renewable energy, or the availability of CO2 from a fluctuating source will open a variety of possibilities for distributed production.
The UP-TO-ME concept diagram
Our project objectives
To convert decentralised CO2 point-sources to production sites for renewable fuels.
To develop an intensified and fully automated process for decentralised production of renewable methanol.
To produce at least 100 litres of concentrated methanol in the experimental plant.
To develop reliable and cost-effective technology for utilising the point sources of CO2.
UP-TO-ME will focus on the groundbreaking development of renewable energy technologies enabling a faster transition to a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions EU economy by 2050.
These are just a few of the ambitious objectives of the UP-TO-ME project, to learn more about all our objectives please visit here.