NUS researchers’ startup aims to halve the price of sustainable marine fuel

[SINGAPORE] Through their own startup, two scientists are tackling a major challenge in the maritime industry’s green push: the high cost and low supply of sustainable methanol.

In 2022, Lim Kang Hui and Haw Kok Giap – both then researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) – founded CRecTech, short for “carbon recycle technologies”.

The core offering: a unique catalyst technology that reduces the costs and emissions involved in making certain chemicals. CRecTech is currently applying this to methanol production.