BASF BEGINS PRODUCING BIOMASS-BALANCED METHANOL

BASF SE has started production of methanol on the basis of renewable raw materials according to the biomass balance approach. The product name is EU-REDcert-methanol. The company replaces fossil raw materials with second-generation renewable raw materials and uses waste as well as residual materials. As a result, BASF says it reduces emissions of climate-damaging greenhouse gases by at least 50% compared with conventionally produced methanol. In terms of its chemical and physical characteristics, biomass-balanced methanol is identical to methanol produced from fossil resources. BASF markets the EU-REDcert-methanol to customers and also uses it itself as an intermediate for other biomass balanced products.