The Methanol Institute recently shared with Manifold Times the renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline December 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 December 2025 Methanol release are as follows:
- By the end of December 2025, Project Navigator Methanol tracked 273 renewable and low-carbon methanol projects totaling 56.5 Mt by 2030, including 23.3 Mt of e-methanol, 22.1 Mt of biomethanol, and 11.2 Mt of low-carbon methanol.
- In 2025, 94 projects were added and 34 halted projects were removed, bringing the renewable methanol project pipeline to 12.4 Mt above December 2024 levels, while low-carbon methanol capacity rose by 3 Mt.
- 2025 saw multiple first-of-a-kind industrial-scale facilities start operations, including a 42 kta e-methanol plant in Denmark and two 50 kta biomethanol plants in China: one based on biomass gasification and one hybrid facility combining biomass gasification with electrolysis.
- Eight commercial-scale renewable methanol projects started construction or reached FID during 2025, while another twelve projects entered the FEED stage.
- By the end of 2026, renewable methanol capacity may reach around 2 Mt. Longer-term growth will largely depend on regulatory developments and rising demand across maritime, chemical, aviation, and road transport sectors, with 2030 capacity estimated at 6–13 Mt.
Note: The full article can be viewed here.
Photo credit: GENA Solutions
Published: 9 January, 2026
