NIW’s proposed methanol plant at the Port of Kalama, Wash.
From Oregon Public Broadcasting:
When Tacoma residents sized up a proposal to build a methanol plant and shipping facility, they saw it mostly as a source of toxic air pollution with a mighty thirst for water and a voracious appetite for electricity.
But that doesn’t mean that Chinese-backed Northwest Innovation Works is getting out of the business of trying to produce and ship methanol in the Northwest. The company also wants to build smaller methanol production facilities at the Port of St. Helens, near Clatskanie, Oregon, and at Washington’s Port of Kalama on the Columbia River.
The proposal in Kalama is further along in the environmental review process than the St. Helens plant, and is projected to be one of the top electricity users in Cowlitz County. It would use more than 8 million gallons of water per day, which would be provided by the Port of Kalama.