Liquid Wind and Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto Oy (TSE) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a 100,000 tonnes a year eFuel facility in Naantali, Finland.
The facility is planned to be adjacent to TSE’s local power plant Naantali 4 which will deliver biogenic CO2 and steam for the production of eMethanol, Liquid Wind said in a statement today (22 January). In addition, the process and waste heat of Liquid Wind’s facility will be used for district heat, which will reduce the share of incineration-based district heat production by TSE.
Once operational, the eFuel facility will produce eMethanol made from green hydrogen and biogenic CO2 (160,000 tons a year).A final investment decision (FID) is planned for 2026, and the facility will be operational in 2029.
Liquid Wind is acting as the main project developer and has started the environmental impact assessment and permitting process. In addition, the parties will jointly explore the possibilities of ensuring a sufficient supply of renewable electricity to produce eMethanol.
‘We are very happy to announce the development of our eFuel collaboration project with TSE. By entering this MoU, we are combining our companies' strengths to promote and accelerate the clean energy transition both locally and globally,’ said Claes Fredriksson, CEO and Founder of Liquid Wind.
‘Locally, in the city of Naantali, we will focus on CCU and the reuse of CO2 and waste heat. Globally, we aim to support the transition by allowing our off-takers to shift from fossil fuels to low-carbon eFuel produced at this facility.’
Pertti Sundberg, MD of TSE and Timo Honkanen, CEO of Turku Energia Group, added: ‘This is an important project for us to achieve the climate goals of our owners and to secure renewable district heating for the Turku region in the future. We are very pleased that TSE is involved in promoting concrete domestic hydrogen economy projects, supporting the creation of future energy systems. This agreement solidifies our cooperation with Liquid Wind and enables the production of renewable fuel in Naantali.’
As previously reported by Bunkerspot, last month, Liquid Wind entered into a collaboration agreement to accelerate the development of eFuel facilities outside Europe.