Todays Latest Updates: 9 September 2026

Biofuels: Australia. Toyota is exploring the use of low-carbon liquid fuels (LCLFs) as part of its multi-pathway approach to decarbonisation, which can help the transition to lower-emission motoring while achieving substantially the same levels of the performance, reliability and range. oyota and Ampol are currently undergoing a trial using 100 per cent hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO100) biofuel, meaning no diesel is required, which is compatible for use in all HiLux vehicles built from mid-2015 and equipped with the 1GD or 2GD turbo-diesel engine. Link 09/09/2026.

Biogas: United Kingdom. Biogas industry leaders from across the UK’s biogas and biomethane industry have sent a letter signed by more than 170 businesses and organizations, to Downing Street, calling on the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, and the Chancellor, John Healey, warning that a stalled government support scheme is putting British jobs, investment and energy security at risk. Under the banner ‘Back British Biogas’, warns that the scheme supporting new biomethane production, the Green Gas Support Scheme, has run out of money, leaving investment-ready projects stalled just as the government looks for ways to cut household bills and reduce reliance on imported gas. Link 09/09/2026.

Biojet/SAF: Australia Zero Australia (Jet Zero) has completed an A$30 million funding round, managed by Barrenjoey, which received strong institutional investor support, including investment from Qantas and Airbus. The proceeds will primarily fund completion of Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and the Project’s continued progression towards Final Investment Decision (FID) and construction. POSCO INTERNATIONAL has become Jet Zero’s latest strategic investor. The partnership will explore opportunities across fuel offtake, infrastructure and feedstock, subject to further agreement. The investment represents POSCO INTERNATIONAL’s first globally in a SAF and Renewable Diesel developer, reinforcing growing international interest in Queensland’s emerging low carbon liquid fuel industry alongside existing investor Idemitsu Kosan. Link 09/09/2026.

Biojet/SAF: Morocco. Synhelion signed a MoU with the Government of Morocco with the aim to develop a large-scale commercial synthetic fuel plant in the country’s southern Tan-Tan province.  Synhelion produces renewable synthetic jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline for the transportation sector. The fuels can directly replace fossil fuels and require no changes to existing engines and fuel infrastructure. Produced from renewable energy and biogenic waste, they reduce net CO2 emissions by up to 100% compared with fossil fuels. Link 09/09/2026.

Methanol: Germany. A study by Forschungszentrum Jülich  shows how renewable methanol can be produced even in water-scarce regions. The carbon dioxide and process water required can be extracted together from the ambient air. The DryHy research project comes in. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich’s Institute of Energy Technologies, the project examines renewable methanol production in water-scarce regions from a holistic perspective. The newly published study assesses the process chain developed for this purpose from a techno-economic perspective. The concept is based on direct air capture (DAC). A filter material binds carbon dioxide while also absorbing moisture from the air. What has generally been regarded as an undesirable side effect becomes an advantage in the concept investigated: The captured water enters methanol production together with the CO₂. The researchers modelled the entire process chain, including renewable electricity generation, electrolysis, energy storage, heat utilisation and cooling without additional water consumption. Link 09/09/2026.