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June 14, 2021

Plan for $2.3B methanol plant dropped

  • Economic development officials in southwest Washington blasted the state for dooming the project, saying that making methanol from natural gas rather than coal would have benefited the environment while creating 1,400 construction jobs and 200 family
    • By GENE JOHNSON
    Associated Press

    SEATTLE — A company backed by the Chinese government on Friday ended its seven-year effort to build one of the world's largest methanol plants along the Columbia River in southwestern Washington, following a series of regulatory setbacks and a long debate over its environmental footprint.

    Northwest Innovation Works proposed a $2.3 billion project to take fracked natural gas from Canada and convert it into methanol, which it would then ship to China to make ingredients for plastics used in everything from iPhones to clothing to medical devices.


     
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