Shiva Engineering Services
The renewable methanol project pipeline now includes nearly 250 bio-methanol and e-methanol projects with announced total production capacity of 44 million metric tons by 2030. For many of these project developers, there is a vision that requires extensive engineering support to be brought to life. I’m pleased to announce that Pivot Methanol is now working with Shiva Engineering Services (SES) to connect project developers with a world-class Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC ) service provider.
Founded in 2009 in Gujarat, India, SES Engineering specializes in chemicals, specialty chemicals, petrochemicals, energy, renewables, and industrial manufacturing facilities with more than 350 successful projects completed across the globe. As a green innovation solutions provider, SES delivers customized solutions throughout the entire value chain, such as pre-treating biogas, upgrading to biomethane, and conversion to bio-methanol, or converting solar, wind or hydropower to green hydrogen and combining with biogenic CO2 for e-methanol production. SES brings proven expertise in engineering design services, equipment sourcing, and technical procurement, to modular and skid-based plant design and supply.
Together with Pivot Methanol, SES Engineering can help project developers explore a comprehensive EPC model with a suite of services managing all aspects of engineering and procurement to construction and commissioning. SES also deploys advanced tools and technologies like 3D laser scanning, IT suites, and pre-fabrication and offsite construction enabling faster project execution.
Hy5 Energy
E-methanol has emerged as a strategic low-carbon fuel to lead the decarbonization of hard to abate sectors such as shipping, aviation and chemicals. The production of this molecule requires access to affordable renewable electricity, and abundant biogenic sources of CO2. Spain is therefore poised to become one of the most competitive e-methanol production hubs in Europe due its cheap power market, its ambition to deploy 12GW of electrolysis capacity supported by €3 billion of national funding, and its large biogenic CO2 availability with 9 million tons of annual biogenic CO2 emissions.
As a vertically integrated company, Hy5 has raised capital to build a team and advance a project portfolio that includes two e-methanol projects strategically located at two of Spain’s leading ports. I am pleased to announce that I now will be supporting the HyFive team to find synergies with the global methanol value chain. My 29 years at the Methanol Institute as the principal spokesperson for the global methanol industry, together with my expertise and global stakeholder network will augment the HyFive commercial team’s efforts in their ongoing and future relationships with offtakers for their e-methanol projects.
HyFive’s GreenMet Musel project will be located at the Port of Gijon and aims at producing 100,000 metric tons of e-methanol in 2029, with a Phase II expansion to 300,000 metric tons in 2031, therefore shaping a northern-Spain e-fuels hub, with the EDP Renewables Asturian Hydrogen Valley and HyFive's project at its core. HyFive' second project is located in another Spanish Port (soon to be announced) and is also expected to produce 100,000 metric tons of e-methanol by 2029, while generating hydrogen on-site. Both plants will be the keystone of two regional decarbonization hubs, enabling CO2 capture and generating port activity, whether export or bunkering green methanol.
Sandpiper Chemicals
Sandpiper Chemicals, LLC, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is set to become a leading producer of low-carbon methanol. Their mission is to develop a world-class facility to address the increasing global demand for cleaner fuels and chemical feedstocks. The leadership team has extensive experience in developing, engineering and constructing large-scale energy and chemical projects worldwide. The team’s methanol projects span Turkey, Qatar, Trinidad, and now, the United States.
Sandpiper is developing a low-cost conventional “grey” methanol plant, with upside to produce low-carbon “blue” methanol production facility within the confines of a large chemical complex in Texas City, Texas. Further optionality can be provided with the purchase of Renewable Natural Gas to produce “green” bio-methanol on a mass balance basis. The initial phase of this project will produce 1.1 million tons of blue methanol annually, with a planned second phase expansion that will double the facility’s annual production.
Sandpipers’ blue methanol process utilizes state-of-the-art technology to convert natural gas and oxygen into high-purity “blue” methanol while capturing and sequestering more than 97% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated during production. By reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere, Sandpiper’s low-carbon methanol project has significantly improved environmental performance compared to traditional methanol production (“grey” methanol). Blue methanol helps industries like petrochemicals and transportation fuels meet global emission reduction standards.