The Potential Role of Renewable Hydrogen and Negative Emission Credits in Renewable Methanol Production

About the event 

In this lecture, Dr. Detz will discuss the results of a techno-economic assessment of seven renewable methanol production pathways using biomass or CO₂ as carbon sources. The analysis specifically evaluates the role of feedstock costs and the implications of carbon pricing and potential negative emission credits on the relative competitiveness of the pathways. For all the assessed renewable methanol production routes, cost competitiveness with fossil-based methanol production is challenging to achieve. Production costs are relatively high and primarily driven by feedstock prices, particularly for pathways relying on renewable hydrogen. The introduction of carbon pricing and negative-emission valuation can alter the economic landscape. Why this is and how each of the pathways can be affected by such policies is explained in more detail during the talk. 

About the speaker 

Dr. Remko Detz is a researcher based in the Netherlands specializing in chemistry, energy transition, and catalysis, working with both the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research). His work focuses on sustainable energy, particularly the conversion of solar energy into fuel (solar fuels) and CO2 reduction technologies.

This lecture is organized by The MRS/E-MRS Joint Chapter of UHasselt, in collaboration with  Materiomics.