Funding from the German Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV) makes it possible for this research and development alliance to address this issue. Starting from the invention and patenting of a novel catalyst for methanol production and the subsequent further research and development in the E4MeWi project, in which the laboratory results are scaled up to ship container scale, we want to achieve here a further scaling of both methanol synthesis and upstream synthesis gas production. The crude methanol produced in this way will have its features (byproduct traces, etc). We therefore want to find out how this crude methanol will affect operation in fuel cells and what process adaptations may result. We also want to prove that the overall process is sustainable - i.e. environmentally friendly, economically and socially acceptable.

Funding from the German Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport (BMDV) makes it possible for this research and development alliance to address this issue. Starting from the invention and patenting of a novel catalyst for methanol production and the subsequent further research and development in the E4MeWi project, in which the laboratory results are scaled up to ship container scale, we want to achieve here a further scaling of both methanol synthesis and upstream synthesis gas production. The crude methanol produced in this way will have its features (byproduct traces, etc). We therefore want to find out how this crude methanol will affect operation in fuel cells and what process adaptations may result. We also want to prove that the overall process is sustainable - i.e. environmentally friendly, economically and socially acceptable.