The new version 0.3.0 crashed while the game was loading the mods in a heavily modded game of factorio 2.1.22.
I think this is the relevant part of the crash report:
2.521 Loading mod basic-chemistry 0.3.0 (data-updates.lua)
2.523 Error ModManager.cpp:1786: Failed to load mod "basic-chemistry": ...c-chemistry__/prototypes/compat/aai-industry-updates.lua:12: attempt to index global 'bc_settings' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
...c-chemistry__/prototypes/compat/aai-industry-updates.lua:12: in main chunk
[C]: in function 'require'
basic-chemistry/data-updates.lua:5: in main chunk
2.543 Loading mod core 0.0.0 (data.lua)
2.602 Checksum for core: 1315994576
2.625 Error ModManager.cpp:1786: Unknown collision layer "item"