Todays Latest Updates: 3 September 2026

Biofuels: USA. Axens has been selected by Expander Energy Inc., a Canada-based producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD), to provide its advanced FT Liquid Upgrading technology. Axens’ technology will support the production of drop-in, second-generation biofuels from cellulosic feedstock through Expander’s patented Enhanced Biomass to Liquids (EBTL®) and Biomass Electrolysis to Liquids (BETL®) processes. Link 03/09/2026.

Biogas: USA. Neogenyx Fuels joined with Adams Land & Cattle LLC on Aug. 26 to break ground on a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Adams Land & Cattle feedlot in Broken Bow, Nebraska. The facility will utilize eight anaerobic digesters to generate more than 4,400 standard cubic feet per minute (SCFM) of biogas, upgraded into approximately 1.2 million MMBtu per year of pipeline-quality RNG. The project is expected to avoid up to approximately 63,700 metric tons of CO₂ annually, equivalent to the carbon sequestered by approximately 63,800 acres of U.S. Forest for one year. Link 03/09/2026.

Biojet/SAF: USA. Calumet, Inc. announced a new flight plan for its MaxSAF® expansion at Montana Renewables, LLC, an unrestricted subsidiary of Calumet. By repurposing proven, installed refining equipment from the adjacent Calumet Montana Refining (“CMR”) facility, Montana Renewables expects to reach approximately 200 million gallons of annual Sustainable Aviation Fuel (“SAF”) production and 17,000 barrels per day of total product sales by year-end 2028. Link 03/09/2026.

Biomaterials: Canada. XENOCRAFT × Chromaverse Naturals is building an integrated Canadian bio-industrial enterprise around a practical commercial problem: biological material is often cut, removed or managed as a cost even when it may also contain useful industrial value. XENOCRAFT operates at the field and source-material interface. Its commercial service offering includes invasive-species and ecological field support, manual and mechanical removal work where the selected method fits the project, biomass segregation and controlled handling, contamination controls, site and lot chain-of-custody, field records, restoration logistics, monitoring and bounded subcontract delivery. Chromaverse Naturals develops the product and materials side of the enterprise. The lead product-development lane is non-food-contact moulded-fibre protective packaging — including inserts, trays, pads and related components — using sourced, rendered-non-viable invasive Phragmites biomass as the target alternative-fibre stream. Link 03/09/2026.

Hydrogen: USA. Newlight debuted its hydrogen fuel injection system, retrofitted to a 200m, 57,000-DWT Lomar Shipping vessel originally powered solely by diesel. The technology adds a small amount of hydrogen into an engine’s conventional diesel combustion process, assisted by an AI-enabled controller which adjusts timing, pressure, and hydrogen volumes. It was tested on the journey from Singapore to Ghana, where Newlight claims fuel consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and carbon monoxide emissions were reduced by 24%, 28%, and 22%, respectively. Link 03/09/2026.