Demo Plant
Located in Chamusca, Portugal, Metdriven's demo project is a pilot renewable methanol plant converting landfill biogas into low-carbon fuels, with a production capacity of 5 kt per year and designed as a scalable, replicable model for decentralized deployment.
Key project facts
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Location : Chamusca, Portugal
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Indicative production capacity: 5kt/year renewable methanol
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Feedstock: landfill biogas
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Technology: gas reforming + synthesis
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Project status: Under development
The H2Driven project promotes the Portuguese Mobilizing Agenda and relies on green hydrogen and green methanol to decarbonize industry, the energy sector, and heavy mobility, which together account for the most significant share of national direct and indirect COâ‚‚ emissions.
The project covers the entire life cycle, from research, engineering, construction, logistics, and commercialization of all renewable electricity, hydrogen, and renewable methanol production. It includes the construction of two industrial units, which are expected to enter operation in 2026.
Agenda name | H2DRIVEN
Consortium leader | Capwatt Metanol Unipessoal, Lda.
Agenda description | Joint development of projects under the “Mobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation,” organized within a consortium of 17 partners, aiming to build a renewable methanol value chain through the construction of a biomethanol production plant and an industrial green hydrogen production unit—with the ambition of decarbonizing sectors such as the chemical industry, energy, and transport.
Start date | 04-07-2023
End date | 30-06-2026
Investment (agenda) | 110 607 622,35€
Investment (Capwatt Metanol) 28 356 139,70€
Objectives, activities, and expected results | Production of 5,000 tonnes of renewable methanol per year and 690 tonnes per year of green hydrogen starting in 2026.
Beneficiary entity | Capwatt Metanol
Approved grant| 9 074 900,60€
Project website | https://h2driven.pt/
The H2Driven project is funded by the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism of the European Commission.
