Overview
- A Joint Development and Operating Agreement finalizes ownership, giving Osaka Gas, Toho Gas and ITOCHU a combined 33.3% stake, with TotalEnergies and TES holding about 33.35% each.
- The consortium is moving into Front‑End Engineering Design for a facility sized for roughly 250 MW of electrolysis and about 75,000 tonnes per year of e‑methane.
- A final investment decision is planned for 2027, with commercial operations targeted for 2030, subject to project approvals.
- Osaka Gas and Toho Gas are expected to be the primary offtakers, supporting Japan’s goal to blend at least 1% carbon‑neutral gas into its grid by 2030.
- E‑methane, chemically identical to natural gas, can be liquefied and moved through existing LNG infrastructure, leveraging Nebraska’s biogenic CO2 from ethanol plants as a key feedstock.