Todays Latest Updates:  17 February 2026

Biojet/SAF: Australia. Australian low-carbon liquid fuels (LCLF) firm HAMR Energy closed a $7.1 million Series A funding round, attracting backing from Airbus, Qantas and thyssenkrupp Uhde. The company’s flagship project, Portland Renewable Fuels (PRF) in Victoria, will produce 300,000 tons per year of low-carbon methanol, which can be used directly as a shipping fuel or converted into sustainable aviation fuel. In addition, HAMR Energy is developing a methanol-to-jet fuel facility that will be capable of converting methanol into more than 135 million liters of SAF annually. Link 17/02/2026.

Biojet/SAF: The Netherlands. Technip Energies was awarded a substantial contract by SkyNRG for the DSL-01 project, a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility to be developed in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The DSL-01 project is designed to produce 100,000 tons per annum of SAF using the hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) pathway, processing sustainable waste feedstocks such as used cooking oil. The project integrates an advanced feedstock pre-treatment unit and an on-site hydrogen plant based on Technip Energies’ proprietary Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) technology. Link 17/02/2026.

Biojet/SAF: United Kingdom. LanzaTech Global, Inc. announced Saltend Chemicals Park in Humberside as the intended location for its pioneering DRAGON II project—a £600 million investment to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at scale. Once operational, DRAGON II is expected to deliver around 80,000 tons of SAF, about 1% of UK jet fuel requirements, and 8,000 tons of renewable diesel annually. Link 17/02/2026.

Recycling plastic: Japan. Lummus Technology and Sumitomo Chemical announced the commercial availability of their highly-efficient Polymethyl Methacrylate Chemical Recycling (PMMA-CR) technology. This builds on the strategic partnership between Lummus and Sumitomo Chemical, first announced in May 2024, to co-develop and commercialize technologies that support circularity and carbon-neutral society across the petrochemical value chain. The technology recycles end‑of‑life PMMA back into high‑purity methyl methacrylate (MMA) monomer. Its depolymerization system, developed by The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. and Sumitomo Chemical, produces recycled MMA that matches the quality of fossil‑derived material. Link 17/02/2026.