A developer backed by Chinese carmaker Geely has submitted a planning application to build a 100,000 tonnes-per-year (tpa) green hydrogen-to-methanol demonstration plant in Inner Mongolia, according to local reports — representing a significant scale-back on its original proposals.
Inner Mongolia Liquid Sunshine Energy Technology Company first announced in January 2024 that it would build a giant 100 million tonne tpa green methanol project — expected to be the world’s biggest — with the demonstration phase sized to 50,000 tonnes of green methanol per year.
However, the company has now re-applied for planning permission for a demonstration project that is a fifth of the size, according to Chinese news bulletin Polaris Hydrogen Energy Network, citing an official statement from Alxa League High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, a division of local government in the area.
