Methanol Documentation for NavigaTE 1.0

Key takeaways

Several pathways can produce renewable methanol today

▪ Renewable methanol can be produced from 3 high TRL pathways today:

• E-methanol, from electricity and CO2 o Bio-methanol, from gasification of biomass or biowaste – potentially boosted by additional hydrogen2
• Bio-methanol from reforming biogas made from biomass or biowaste – potentially boosted by additional hydrogen2

▪ CO2 for E-methanol can be obtained either by capturing CO2 from a point where it is being emitted (point source - PS) or directly from the air (Direct air capture – DAC)

▪ Three methanol pathways have been left out of scope from the position paper:

• The biogas-to-methanol route will be included in the next version of the paper
• Methanol from the paper Kraft process was excluded due to too low potential to consider for a fleet perspective
• Grey methanol1 was excluded due to higher price and emissions than LSFO