Electricity, water and air in. Liquid methanol out.
A standardised modular unit integrating six proven components. Each carries its own operating track record; the integration is what is new.
Design basis
A product needs application engineering once.
| Classical EPC chemical plant | Greenberg modular product | |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | Full FEED per project | Application engineering only |
| Site workforce | Thousands on one site | Small install and commissioning crew |
| Cost repetition | Re-engineered and re-quoted each time | Same design, replicated |
| Risk buffer | 30-50% EPC contingency per project | Amortised across a production run |
| Timeline to next unit | Years – re-permit, re-design, re-build | Weeks to months |
Block-level architecture
Hydrogen, water and heat loops are integrated inside the unit rather than engineered per site. The holistic energy management system is the intellectual property layer – it is what allows an off-grid solar profile to run an electrolyser, a DAC unit and a synthesis loop with no grid connection behind them.
Five proven components, integrated as one product.
no grid connection
Competitive Advantages
Structural advantages, not claims.
Factory-built, not site-built
Application engineering once, then replicated. A bespoke chemical plant needs full FEED every single time.
Modularity
Standardised design, pre-assembled units, replicated across sites.
Replication
Weeks to months to next unit vs. years for bespoke plants.
Economies of scale
Cumulative manufacturing volume reduces costs independent of project size.
Learning curve
Observed pattern in utility PV, automotive powertrain, aircraft manufacturing.
Supply chain
Same design, same components, amortised across production run.
First-mover
Factory-built approach in RFNBO-eligible space.
Regulatory alignment
Off-grid solar (additionality by construction), DAC-sourced CO₂ (no contested biogenic CO₂).
Differentiators
RFNBO-eligible vs bio-methanol; factory-built vs bespoke; methanol focus for maritime compliance.
Economics
Cost falls with cumulative volume, independent of project size.
An observed pattern in adjacent industries, not a hope. FOAK: €1,200/t, Series production: €800/t.
Reference curve 01
Utility photovoltaics
Sub-2 ct/kWh at gigawatt scale, built entirely from sub-1 kW modules made on production lines – never engineered per project.
Reference curve 02
Automotive powertrain
A ~100 kW powertrain is comparably complex to a PV–BESS–electrolyser–DAC–methanol module, yet costs roughly €50-60/kW at OEM scale.
Where the analogy stops Hydrogen, water and heat interconnections do not parallelise as freely as photovoltaics’ electrical ones. And the automotive cost floor reflects roughly 90 million units a year over decades. Our cost target is reached at low hundreds to low thousands of cumulative units – it is not an automotive cost floor.