US-based HyOrc Corporation (HyOrc), an emerging clean-energy infrastructure company, has announced the completion of modular off-site fabrication and assembly for its first commercial waste-to-methanol module bound for Porto in Portugal.
The modular plant is now preparing for factory testing and then transport to Portugal, establishing HyOrc’s commercial footprint in Europe.
Engineered to process approximately three tonnes per day (TPD) of refuse-derived fuel (RDF)—non-recyclable municipal and industrial waste—the system is designed to yield up to one TPD of chemical-grade green methanol.
By transforming domestic waste liabilities into high-value liquid fuels on European soil, HyOrc provides an industrial bridge between waste and maritime decarbonization.
Modular skid architecture
The units are designed to be fully constructed and tested off-site as integrated, skid-mounted assemblies.
This pre-commissioning modular approach materially reduces on-site civil works, streamlines portside integration, and minimizes installation timelines.
The underlying conversion pathway—spanning gasification, syngas cleaning, conditioning, and methanol synthesis—builds upon testing witnessed and independently verified with zero non-conformities by Bureau Veritas.
Europe’s maritime ports next
According to HyOrc, the Porto deployment in Portugal represents the baseline commercial blueprint for the company’s modular replication strategy.
Additional high-priority ports across Europe for potential locations to deploy its modular waste-to-fuel infrastructure include Algeciras and Barcelona (Spain), Genoa (Italy), Marseille and Le Havre (France), Antwerp (Belgium), Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Bremen (Germany), Immingham (UK), Gdansk (Poland), Gothenburg (Sweden), and Varna (Bulgaria).
Europe currently pays billions to manage waste while remaining reliant on imported energy commodities. We close that loop, said Reginald Fubara, CEO of HyOrc Corporation.
Capital backing and European scale
HyOrc’s Portuguese joint venture recently secured approval for a €6.7 million non-dilutive grant under the European Union STEP Programme to support its Phase-2 expansion to 35 TPD of RDF input (~8 TPD methanol output).
Additionally, HyOrc and its Bulgarian partner have applied for a €50 million EU Innovation Fund grant for the Varna project.
