[7] CRI is currently working on several new projects in parallel, including in an EU Horizon 2020 research programme funded MefCO2 consortium[8] to build a renewable methanol demonstration plant in Germany and in the FreSME consortium[9] to build a renewable methanol demonstration plant in Sweden.

Methanol fuel cells of varying energy density are available from multiple manufacturers in North America, Europe and Asia.

[16] The methanol has been used to replace diesel fuel in heavy-duty trucks, produced by Geely Auto, and to light the flame of the Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2023.

The USD 90 million project created 80 jobs and was celebrated as milestone in the development of Chinese industry towards circular value chains.

[17] The Sailboat CO₂-to-methanol plant is located in the Shenghong Petrochemical Industrial Park in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China.

This methanol produced at this facility is used to manufacture polymers and plastics, including EVA coatings for solar panels and plexiglass.

The project demonstrated the application of CRI’s ETL technology, which produced methanol from CO2 emissions from a thermal power plant and electrolytic hydrogen generated from surplus renewable energy.

The system successfully demonstrated the technology’s ability to operate with intermittent and fluctuating renewable energy supply as well as heterogeneous CO2 sources.

[22] This project demonstrated the versatility of CRI’s ETL technology by utilizing CO₂ and hydrogen recovered from diverse waste streams.

By removing carbon dioxide from industrial emissions and increasing the availability of energy derived from electricity or low-carbon intensity hydrogen, CRI's process helps to mitigate climate change.

CRI plans to implement standardized CSPs (commercial scale plants), each with a capacity of at least 50,000 tons of methanol production per year.