GENA Solutions: Total renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline rises from 51.9 to 53.9 Mt by 2030

Methanol

Published Wed, 8th October 2025
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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 51.9 to 53.9 Mt by 2030

The Methanol Institute recently shared with Manifold Times the renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline September 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 takeaways from the September 2025 release are as follows:

The renewable methanol project pipeline expanded by 2.0 Mt in September 2025, rising from 41.9 Mt in August to 43.9 Mt. With this update, the combined renewable and low-carbon methanol pipeline reached 53.9 Mt. Six new projects were added during the month, while one was removed.
As of September 2025, GENA is tracking 133 e-methanol projects totaling 23.4 Mt of planned capacity by 2030, 110 biomethanol projects totaling 20.5 Mt, and 17 low-carbon methanol facilities with a combined capacity of 10.1 Mt.
One 100 kta e-methanol project reached FID last month. The total post-FID capacity of renewable methanol increased to 4.5 Mt.
GENA estimates that renewable methanol capacity will reach 8–14 Mt by 2030 (18–32% of the project pipeline).
All methanol projects together could utilize up to 34 Mt of CO2, 27 Mt of residual biomass and waste, 6 Mt of hydrogen, and 1.7 billion nm³ of biomethane. Actual feedstock consumption will be several times lower, depending on which capacity and demand scenario plays out.