On August 17, 2026, Shanghai Electric Company, Shanghai International Port Group, and CMA CGM Group have gone ahead and partnered to carry out a biomethanol bunkering operation totaling 8,000 metric tonnes. Apparently, this is the largest single biomethanol bunkering operation on record.
The bunkering ceremony at Shanghai Yangshan Port was themed “Green Fuelled Globe, Lead the Future.”
It is worth noting that the Taonan green methanol project from Shanghai Electric was the main supplier of biomethanol for this operation. The operation constitutes a major breakthrough not just in terms of supply volume but also demonstrates that the Taonan project is entering stable production along with large-scale delivery.
Apparently, this success is built on the back of a fully interconnected interprovincial green fuel supply chain. Shanghai, Jilin, and Liaoning jointly built a green fuel transportation corridor that had been officially launched at the Shanghai International Shipping Green Fuel Sustainable Development Conference on June 30, 2026.
It also goes on to establish a north-to-south methanol shipment route, with production at the Taonan project in Jilin, transportation and storage at Dalian Port, and ultimate bunkering at Shanghai Port.
As the fundamental production capacity base of the transportation corridor, the Shanghai Electric Taonan Green Methanol Project makes use of the abundant local wind and solar resources along with the biomass feedstock of Jilin. The facility is the first large-scale plant in the world to produce biomethanol through the combination of green electricity and biomass, with independently designed full-set process systems as well as core equipment. It meets the ship bunkering demand of the Shanghai International Shipping Center and offers important support for the construction of 3 major green fuel centers when it comes to international shipping.
Interestingly, Shanghai Electric will continue its focus on the whole industrial chain of diverse green fuels manufacturing, storage, shipping, and application. The company will strengthen its research on core technologies and consistently improve its integrated green fuel solution chain. Shanghai Electric drives industrial development via technological innovation and joins hands with partners to speed up the construction of the Green-Methanol and Sustainable Aviation Fuel – SAF project – Taonan Phase-II based on integrated green-hydrogen-coupled-biomass gasification.
The company will gradually enhance its large-scale green fuel supply capacity for aviation as well as maritime sectors. Shanghai Electric will further commit to the national dual carbon targets of China and also driving of the global low-carbon clean energy transition.