GENA Solutions: Total renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline rises from 51.3 to 51.9 Mt by 2030

Methanol

Published Thu, 28th August 2025
by Admin

Information shared by the Methanol Institute meant to assist the maritime industry in the adoption of methanol as a mainstream marine fuel heading into IMO 2030/2050.

GENA Solutions: Total renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline rises from 51.3 to 51.9 Mt by 2030

The Methanol Institute recently shared with Manifold Times the renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline August 2025 release produced by GENA Solutions Oy (Green Energy Analytics).

Information from the release is meant to provide the bunkering publication’s readers with insight on renewable methanol availability, and to assist the maritime industry in the adoption of methanol as a mainstream marine fuel heading into IMO 2030/2050.

Key highlights from the August 2025 release are as follows:

The renewable methanol project pipeline increased by 0.6 Mt, from 41.3 Mt in July to 41.9 Mt in August 2025. The total renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline reached 51.9 Mt. Ten projects were added in August, while one was excluded.
As of August 2025, GENA tracks 134 e-methanol plants and projects with a total capacity of 23.4 Mt by 2030, 104 biomethanol plants and projects with a total capacity of 18.5 Mt, and 17 low-carbon methanol facilities with a total capacity of 10.1 Mt.
About 55% of the project pipeline in China is based on biomass gasification, followed by power-to-methanol (43%). In Europe and North America, power-to-methanol projects account for about 70% of total capacity.
A renewable methanol project with e-methanol and biomethanol trains commenced construction in China last month. As of August 2025, post-FID renewable methanol capacity reached 4.4 Mt.
By 2030, renewable methanol capacity could reach 4–14 Mt, though our demand scenarios point to a narrower band of 8–14 Mt.