In Italy, the Milano Post reports an innovative industrial plant capable of producing biomethanol from biogas, the result of a five-year effort by the Politecnico di Milano and Fattoria Autonoma Tabacchi SC, is now a reality, thanks to BIGSQUID (Biogas-to-liquid) technology.
The project was presented in Rome during the Confagricoltura annual meeting. The plant, operating in the Giove district of Città di Castello, in the province of Perugia, is capable of producing up to 4,500 tons of biomethanol per year which can be used as an advanced fuel for the decarbonisation of agricultural and industrial transport, as well as biochemical carbon negative (-88%) to trap CO2 and in all methanol derivatives such as chipboard panels, polymers, paints and glues. Furthermore, biomethanol is much greener than fossil methanol and at the same cost it is a good investment. In fact, assuming to sell bioethanol at the same market price as fossil methanol, which fluctuates between €450 and €550 per metric ton, each biomethanol plant from biogas would be in economic profit for the first time without incentives.
