Orders pour in for Earth-friendly automotive methanol as EU target looms
Mitsui says its synthetic-methanol plant in Denmark is the world’s first commercial-scale facility of its kind. (Mitsui & Co.)
KENTO HIRASHIMA
August 21, 2026 06:03 JST
TOKYO — Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. said Thursday that it has started commercial operations at a synthetic-methanol plant in Denmark, with the facility receiving a flood of orders for an unexpected application: vehicles.