HyOrc CEO Fubara says Portugal project is key step toward commercial waste-to-methanol rollout

STEP program approval was cited for about EUR 6.7 million in non-dilutive funding to support the Portuguese expansion economics.

Management also highlighted 2026 technical validation in Tamil Nadu, including a 60-day run producing 99.98% purity methanol witnessed by Bureau Veritas.

HyOrc management interview outlined a commercial rollout to convert refuse-derived fuel into low-carbon methanol using a tipping-fee feedstock model.

Portugal was flagged as the first commercial deployment, targeting about 3 metric tons of RDF per day with output up to 1 metric ton daily.

The project was positioned as a proof point for scale-up, with an expansion phase planned around operating data from the Portugal unit.