Recently, Shanghai Yangshan Port held a green methanol bunkering event. Shanghai Electric, together with Shanghai International Port Group and French CMA CGM Group, completed a batch bunkering of 8,000 mt of green methanol, setting a new world record for the largest single green methanol bunkering volume and marking the project's further progress into the stage of continuous stable production and large-scale delivery.
The green methanol used in this bunkering was supplied by Shanghai Electric's Taonan Green Methanol Project. The new breakthrough in bunkering volume reflects that China's green fuel industry is enhancing its coordination capabilities across production, transportation, storage, and port application, and provides practical support for the shipping industry in expanding the use of low-carbon fuels.
In June this year, Shanghai, Jilin, and Liaoning jointly launched a green fuel transport corridor, creating a complete logistics chain from production in Taonan, Jilin, through transshipment and storage at Dalian Port in Liaoning, to bunkering at Shanghai Port. The successful bunkering of 8,000 mt of green methanol this time marks the first large-scale validation of the corridor since it became operational.
Currently, Shanghai is accelerating the construction of an international shipping green fuel bunkering center, certification center, and trading center. This batch bunkering serves as both a staged demonstration of the construction achievements and a new opportunity to further deepen cooperation between the green fuel supply chain and industry chain.
As the main production site for green methanol, Shanghai Electric's Taonan Project relies on the abundant wind energy and biomass resources in Jilin. It employs a complete set of process systems and core equipment independently developed by Shanghai Electric, including pure-oxygen pressurized fluidized bed biomass gasification technology, to build the world's first large-scale plant coupling green electricity with biomass to produce green methanol.
Currently, the project has entered the stage of continuous stable production and batch delivery, and can continuously supply green methanol products based on the actual needs of vessels at the Shanghai International Shipping Center. The project's stable supply further verifies the full-chain operational capability of green methanol from the production end, through the transportation end, to the port bunkering end.
Looking ahead, Shanghai Electric will continue to strengthen industrial collaboration with partners such as the National Green Development Fund, and promote technological innovation and project construction across the entire chain of green fuel production, storage, transportation, and application. Meanwhile, the company will work with relevant parties to accelerate the construction of the green hydrogen coupled with biomass integrated green methanol-oil project in Taonan, enhancing the large-scale supply capability of green fuels for the shipping and aviation sectors.
This event was jointly completed by Shanghai Electric, Shanghai International Port Group, and CMA CGM Group. Representatives from relevant government departments, industry associations, scientific research institutions, financial institutions, and industry chain cooperation partners witnessed the bunkering activity.
According to the plan, the second phase of Shanghai Electric's Jilin Taonan green hydrogen coupled with biomass integrated green methanol-oil project will officially start construction on August 20 and is expected to be fully completed and put into operation in 2028. After commissioning, the project will have an annual capacity of 200 kt of green methanol and 10 kt of sustainable aviation fuel, providing more fuel security for the green and low-carbon transition of the shipping and aviation sectors.
