Maritime Methanol: Adaptable, Renewable and Environmentally-friendly

Project Information

M2ARE

Grant agreement ID: 101136080

DOI

10.3030/101136080

EC signature date 17 November 2023

Start date 1 December 2023

End date 31 May 2027

Funded under

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

Total cost

€ 9 347 605,25

EU contribution

€ 7 559 885,68

Coordinated by

AIR LIQUIDE FORSCHUNG UND ENTWICKLUNG GMBH
Germany

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (2)

Site Acceptance Test Report - distillation column

The distillation column has been installed inside the pilot plant in Frankfurt and has passed out test to allow a start-up. (Task 2.3)

Communication & dissemination strategy and report (PEDR) I

Preparation of a PEDR ( incl. industrial networking, promotional events and clustering activities) (Task 7.1)

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Delivery of crude MeOH for distillation to CERTH

Various crude methanol will be produced and collected in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and will be sent to CERTH for lab-scale distillation (Task 2.1)

Publications

Conference proceedings (3)

Analysis of Bio-CO2 Streams for Methanol Synthesis

Author(s): Kraia, T., Koliamitra, E., Mitrousis, V., Kardaras, G., Lazaridou, N., Grekou, T., Fotiadis, K., Asimakopoulou, A., Koutsonikolas, D., Karagiannakis, G., Bampaou, M., Panopoulos, K.D.
Publisher: ETA Florence
DOI: 10.5071/33RDEUBCE2025-5BV.6.22

Integrating Bio-CO2 with Renewable Hydrogen for the Synthesis of Maritime Methanol

Author(s): Mitrousis, V., Bampaou, M., Matino, I., Colla, V., Schloesser, H., Panopoulos, K.D.
Publisher: ETA Florence
DOI: 10.5071/33RDEUBCE2025-5BV.6.23

Mapping Available EU Bio-CO2 Sources as Feedstock for Methanol Synthesis

Author(s): Bampaou, M., Stratigousis, P., Schloesser, H., Haag, S., Panopoulos, K.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: ETA Florence
DOI: 10.5071/32NDEUBCE2024-5BV.6.13

Peer reviewed articles (3)

Bio-CO2 as Feedstock for Renewable Methanol in Maritime Applications

Author(s): Michael Bampaou, Vasileios Mitrousis, Evangelia Koliamitra, Paraskevas Stratigousis, Henrik Schloesser, Ismael Matino, Valentina Colla, Kyriakos D. Panopoulos
Published in: Energies, Issue 19, 2026, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/EN19051364

Capture, Sampling and Analysis of Biogenic CO2 Streams for Methanol Synthesis

Author(s): Evangelia Koliamitra, Vasileios Mitrousis, Tzouliana Kraia, Giorgos Kardaras, Nikoleta Lazaridou, Triantafyllia Grekou, Kyriakos Fotiadis, Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Akrivi Asimakopoulou, Michael Bampaou, Kyriakos D. Panopoulos
Published in: Membranes, Issue 16, 2026, ISSN 2077-0375
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/MEMBRANES16030106

Competitiveness thresholds for maritime methanol synthesis employing biogenic CO2 emissions and renewable hydrogen

Author(s): V. Mitrousis, E. Koliamitra, M. Bampaou, K.D. Panopoulos
Published in: Fuel Processing Technology, Issue 288, 2026, ISSN 0378-3820
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.FUPROC.2026.108476