E-CO₂ Met – Electricity & CO₂ to Methanol
Overview
StatusConceptEuropean Clean Hydrogen Partnership · as of 2025
Country · regionGermany
Technologyhigh-temperature solid oxide electrolysis, methanol synthesis
Productmethanol
Capacity1 MWEuropean Clean Hydrogen Partnership · as of 2025
Capacity values retain their recorded units and scope. MW, kt H₂/y and Nm³ H₂/h are different measures; this page does not convert or add them without a shared operating basis.
Details
Technology & product
Carbon Reductionreplace crude oil and natural gas in the chemical industry through synthetic methanol
Componentshigh-temperature solid oxide electrolyzer, methanol synthesis pilot plant
Configuration Detailintegrated demonstration plant combining high-temperature electrolysis and methanol synthesis at Fraunhofer Hydrogen Lab Leuna
Feedstockwater, concentrated carbon dioxide, regeneratively produced hydrogen
Power Sourcerenewable electricity
Project GroupHy2Chem scaling platform
Project Typeresearch and development project
Status & timeline
Lifecycle Stageresearch and development project with pilot plant
EventSOEC electrolyzer commissioned in 2022
Location & names
Site NameLeuna
Aliase-CO2Met
Official NameE-CO₂ Met – Electricity & CO₂ to Methanol
Timeline
No recorded project events.
Sources & record history
Sources
- Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes CBP E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol Shared by 11 fields: Current
- Sunfire GmbH TotalEnergies – Sunfire’s SOEC Technology for the e-CO2 Met Project Shared by 4 fields: Current
- CCU Projects Database CCU Projects Database — e-CO2Met
- European Clean Hydrogen Partnership European Hydrogen Observatory projects Dec2025 Shared by 2 fields: Snapshot 2025-12-01 · Confidence: reported · Older value (2025)
Field sources
Shared date, confidence and value status appear once with their source above; a dash in the table refers to that source context.
| Field | Shown value | Original value | Source | Date basis | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | E-CO₂ Met – Electricity & CO₂ to Methanol | View exact valueE-CO₂ Met – Electricity & CO₂ to Methanol | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Site Name | Leuna | View exact valueLeuna | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Alias | e-CO2Met | View exact value["e-CO2Met"] | TotalEnergies – Sunfire’s SOEC Technology for the e-CO2 Met Project | — | |
| Country | Germany | View exact valueGermany | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Official Name | E-CO₂ Met – Electricity & CO₂ to Methanol | View exact valueE-CO₂ Met – Electricity & CO₂ to Methanol | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Carbon Reduction | replace crude oil and natural gas in the chemical industry through synthetic methanol | View exact valuereplace crude oil and natural gas in the chemical industry through synthetic methanol | TotalEnergies – Sunfire’s SOEC Technology for the e-CO2 Met Project | — | |
| Components | high-temperature solid oxide electrolyzer, methanol synthesis pilot plant | View exact value["high-temperature solid oxide electrolyzer","methanol synthesis pilot plant"] | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Configuration Detail | integrated demonstration plant combining high-temperature electrolysis and methanol synthesis at Fraunhofer Hydrogen Lab Leuna | View exact valueintegrated demonstration plant combining high-temperature electrolysis and methanol synthesis at Fraunhofer Hydrogen Lab Leuna | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Feedstock | water, concentrated carbon dioxide, regeneratively produced hydrogen | View exact value["water","concentrated carbon dioxide","regeneratively produced hydrogen"] | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Power Source | renewable electricity | View exact value["renewable electricity"] | CCU Projects Database — e-CO2Met | Current | |
| Product | methanol | View exact value["methanol"] | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Project Group | Hy2Chem scaling platform | View exact valueHy2Chem scaling platform | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Project Type | research and development project | View exact valueresearch and development project | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Technology | high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis, methanol synthesis | View exact value["high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis","methanol synthesis"] | TotalEnergies – Sunfire’s SOEC Technology for the e-CO2 Met Project | — | |
| Capacity | 1 MW | View exact value1 MW | European Hydrogen Observatory projects Dec2025 | — | — |
| Event | SOEC electrolyzer commissioned in 2022 | View exact valueSOEC electrolyzer commissioned in 2022 | TotalEnergies – Sunfire’s SOEC Technology for the e-CO2 Met Project | — | |
| Lifecycle Stage | research and development project with pilot plant | View exact valueresearch and development project with pilot plant | E-CO2Met – Electricity & CO2 to Methanol | — | |
| Progress Status | Concept | View exact valueannounced_or_planned | European Hydrogen Observatory projects Dec2025 | — | — |
Record history
15 current sourced values · 2 older values · Record updated