China’s CAS Holdings, an investment arm of China’s Academy of Science, is planning for project which will turn natural gas into methanol on the U.S. West Coast and shipping the fuel to Chinese factories and chemical makers, Chinese executives said. The project is part of company’s plan in order to build supply chain for methanol, potentially China’s next alternative industrial and transport fuel. The project is based at Kalama port in the US state of Washington on the Columbia River. The company has already applied for needed approvals and other government permits.
