IMO 2020 looked like a global regulation story. The better reading is more practical: marine fuel rules work when the bunkering system can absorb them. That matters now because shipping is heading into a much harder fuel transition.
Green methanol is made through two main routes. The first is biomethanol, which uses biogenic feedstocks such as forestry and agricultural residues, biogas, sewage-derived gas, municipal solid waste, and black liquor from pulp mills.