Todays Latest Updates: 2 June2026

Biobased chemicals: USA. Trillium Renewable Chemicals announced  that it has raised a $13 million Series B financing round. The financing was led by HS Hyosung Advanced Materials with participation from Capricorn Partners. This funding builds on the company’s previous $10.6 million Series A financing round and non-dilutive $2.5 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy. Trillium selected INEOS Nitriles’ Green Lake facility to host the world’s first demonstration plant (deemed “Project Falcon”) for the manufacture of 100% bio-based acrylonitrile. Construction of Project Falcon is complete, marking the first industrial-scale deployment of Trillium’s technology. Commissioning is scheduled for second quarter 2026. Link 02/06/2026.

Biomaterials: Sweden. GAIA BioMaterials obtains a European patent for PLA-free film extrusion materials. The patent, originally filed back in 2020, covers a new and innovative line of compounds that don’t rely on PLA for its properties. Instead, it substitutes the PLA with a unique blend of biodegradable and compostable polymers and minerals. Compounds based on the patent are already in use for applications such as carrier bags, fruit & vegetables bags, waste bags, and medical aprons, with several more under development or consideration. Link 02/06/2026.

E-fuels: USA. Syntholene Energy Corp accelerated construction of its geothermal-integrated synthetic fuel demonstration plant in Iceland and now expects the facility to begin operations as early as June 2026. The demonstration facility is designed to showcase the integration of geothermal heat with high-temperature electrolysis to produce low-cost hydrogen, the core feedstock for synthetic fuel production. It is located at the geothermal Husavik Power Station. Link 02/06/2026

Marine fuels: The Netherlands. The container ship Eco Levant, operated by X-Press Feeders, was bunkered with ethanol in the port of Rotterdam. It is one of the first times worldwide, and the first time in Rotterdam, that a bunker vessel supplied ethanol to a sea-going vessel. The vessel has been operating on a blend of ethanol and methanol since the bunkering. The fuel blend consisted of 90% ISCC EU-certified biomethanol and 10% ISCC EU-certified second-generation ethanol and was safely bunkered under controlled operational conditions. Methanol bunkering is already well established. Ethanol and methanol were bunkered separately on the sea-going vessel. Both fuels were delivered separately by a single inland bunker vessel, and the batches were mixed (blended) on board the receiving vessel. Link 02/06/2026.