Todays Latest Updates: 20 March 2026

Biobased chemicals: Brazil. Amyris finished building a new production line at its plant in Barra Bonita, Brazil. The expansion will help meet growing demand for sustainable ingredients across multiple industries. The new line adds a 2x 80m3 configuration to the facility’s three existing 2x 200m3 lines. It’s designed to speed up development and produce high-value specialty molecules more efficiently. Industries served include flavours, fragrances, agriculture and food. Link 20/03/2026.

Biofuels: Brazil. Sumitomo Corporation do Brasil and Cemvita, Inc. announced the signing of a MOU to collaborate on integrated bio-methane (Renewable Natural Gas, RNG) and renewable bio-oil (FermOil™) projects in Brazil. The partnership is focused on accelerating the deployment of low-carbon and waste-based fuels. The collaboration will assess approximately five waste and by-product feedstocks for their suitability to produce both RNG and renewable bio-oil, with the goal of maximizing carbon efficiency, operational synergies, and project economics. Link 20/03/2026.

Biogas: Ireland. Biogest and local power have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development of agricultural biomethane projects across Ireland. The first joint project under the partnership, Curragh Biogas in Carnaross, Co. Meath, is a ready-to-build facility, designed for 599 Nm³/h of biomethane production based on a poultry, cattle and pig slurry and grass, maize and rye silage feedstock mix. Once operational, the Curragh Biogas project will reduce annual emissions by an estimated 25,000 tons of CO2 equivalent. Link 20/03/2026.

Marine fuels: China. Green ammonia as a shipping fuel could achieve cost parity with fossil-based shipping fuels VLSFO (very low-sulphur fuel oil) and LNG before additional subsidies or rewards associated with zero-emission fuels are considered, according to a study commissioned by Chinese-owned Swiss marine power company WinGD and Chinese green-tech giant Envision Energy. Link 20/03/2026.