GENA Solutions: Total renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline rises from 55.9 to 56.3 Mt by 2030

The Methanol Institute recently shared with Manifold Times the renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline November 2025 release produced by GENA Solutions Oy.

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 GENA’s November 2025 Methanol release are as follows:

• As of November, GENA tracks 270 plants and projects with a total capacity of 56.3 Mt by 2030: 134 e-methanol (23.3 Mt), 118 biomethanol (21.8 Mt), and 18 low-carbon methanol (11.2 Mt).
• Five projects were added during the past month. The renewable methanol project pipeline increased by 0.3 Mt compared to the October release: from 44.8 to 45.1 Mt by 2030.
• Cost advantages, feedstock availability, and policies define the structure of methanol projects in each region: 75% e-methanol in Europe, 62% biomethanol in China, 73% low-carbon methanol in North America, 100% e-methanol in Latin America, and 100% biomethanol in South-East Asia.
• One biomethanol project started construction, while three e-methanol projects commenced FEED during the past month. Now about 10% of the renewable methanol projects have reached FID, while another 12% are in engineering.
• Securing offtake remains a key challenge: only about 22% of renewable and low-carbon methanol projects have long-term offtake agreements or captive-use plans in place.
• GENA estimates that renewable methanol capacity could range between 6 Mt and 13 Mt by 2030.

Note: The full article can be viewed here.

Photo credit: ​​GENA Solutions
Published: 2 December, 2025