CapCO₂ Solutions
Ethanol CO₂ to Green Methanol
Our approach will add $50 Million in new revenues to the average ethanol plant.
This is after CapEx, OpEx, and profit shares. That is new income actually delivered to the ethanol plant. We allow the ethanol plant to produce low-carbon ethanol, critical for future green fuels like sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Throwing that CO2 away is absurd. CapCO2 is focused on green methanol now because it is a slam dunk revenue stream. When SAF becomes more commercially viable, we will focus on that.
We capture and upgrade all of the CO₂
Our facilities fit in a small footprint local to the ethanol plant.
The methanol modules hold all the equipment to handle all the CO2. These modules are standardized and will be manufactured in quantity in the US. The green methanol produced will be transported to customers by rail or truck.
CapCO2’s green methanol process qualifies for IRA incentives. We cut the ethanol carbon intensity in half.
Two key components of our process are renewable or zero-carbon electricity (e.g. wind, solar, nuclear, hydro, geothermal) and water. For power, many ethanol plants already have access to all the power needed. Others will leverage already planned expansion of the renewable sources and the grid. Because we generate so much revenue and can guarantee our usage, we enhance and support these expansions. We are talking with renewable power projects anxious to have us use their electricity when no one else wants it (for example, wind power at 3 in the morning). With respect to water, the average ethanol plant will require the equivalent amount of water of 1.7 inches of rain over a 1000 acres, or about 25% more water than currently being used at the average ethanol plant.
Breakthrough Technology
We are building a green methanol network across the Midwest by partnering with the ethanol industry. Green methanol is used in many products from paints to car parts, and it is also the fuel that the shipping industry has selected to replace fossil in their cargo ships around the world. Valuable green methanol has a market demanding more of the renewable fuel now. In addition, the lower carbon intensity ethanol and the green methanol are both feedstocks for the emerging sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market.
