- In 2021, Oberon Fuels Starts the production of renewable dimethyl ether (rDME) on a commercial scale. Oberon is converting the waste methanol into rDME at its upgraded facility in calif, Brawley, as part of a $6 million project funded partly by a grant from the California Energy Commission. This is the first time in which feedstock has been used to produce rDME on a large scale
- In 2021, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG), Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) partnered with the National Gas Company of Massy Holdings (Massy), Trinidad and Tobago (NGC) as a joint venture in the Republic of Tobago and Trinidad, Caribbean Gas Chemical Limited (CGCL), to launch commercial operations of a dimethyl ether (DME) and methanol plant
