Saptarag Hota, Senior Consultant at Avalon Consulting, critically evaluates India’s readiness for a methanol-driven future in his article. He outlines that, despite policy-level ambition, domestic methanol production is hampered by uneconomical feedstock choices, outdated capacities, and fragmented biomass supply chains. While coal offers a potential alternative, high ash content and technology limitations create further roadblocks.

Why Indian methanol producers will miss the “Methanol Economy” bus