Todays Global Intelligence: 19 October 2026

Biodiesel: USA. Incobrasa Industries completed a major expansion at biodiesel production facility in Gilman, Illinois, more than doubling the facility’s annual production capacity from 75 million gallons to 170 million gallons. The expanded capacity came online earlier this month and represents another significant investment by Incobrasa in American agriculture, domestic manufacturing and homegrown energy production. The project follows the company’s recent expansion of its soybean processing operations in Gilman, further increasing its ability to transform American-grown soybeans into high-value products for the nation’s food, feed and fuel markets. Link 19/10/2026.

Biojet/SAF: United Kingdom. Neela Biotech, the Cambridge-based biotech startup turning waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), has raised £2.1 million in pre-seed funding to take its technology from the lab to a pilot-scale trial at a biogas plant over the next two years.The investment comes as the aviation industry searches for a way to scale sustainable fuel production beyond today’s limited feedstock supply – a challenge sharpened by this year’s spike in global jet fuel prices. Neela Biotech transforms diverse waste streams from food, agriculture and forest residue, into sustainable aviation fuel through an AI-guided, controlled microbial process. The process converts these waste streams into fatty acids, a critical precursor for HEFA-based SAF production, unlocking an abundant new feedstock in place of scarce waste cooking oils. Link 19/10/2026.

Biomaterials: The Netherlands. Avantium announced the completion of the spin-out of its Parana Technology into Parana Materials B.V. Parana Materials is a new, independent company focused on the development and commercialization of plant-based, high-performance polyesters such as PISA, PISOX and PEIT/PEIF. The Parana Technology portfolio is distinct from Avantium’s FDCA and PEF (branded as releaf®) technology, which remains fully within Avantium. The transaction is part of Avantium’s strategy to focus resources and investments on its core FDCA and PEF business while enabling other promising technologies in its portfolio to pursue independent growth and commercialization pathways. Link 19/10/2026

e-fuels: Finland. P2X Solutions has started injecting renewable e-methane into Finland’s gas network and gas transmission system operator (TSO) Gasgrid has issued the country’s first guarantees of origin (GOs) for e-methane from P2X’s plant. Link 19/10/2026.

e-fuels: Germany. TURN2X raised $23 million to expand production of e-methane, a synthetic natural gas made using renewable hydrogen and biogenic carbon dioxide. Its commercial plant in Miajadas, Spain, uses flexible methanation technology designed to take advantage of surplus renewable electricity. TURN2X is targeting expansion to more than 1 terawatt-hour of e-methane annually in the coming years. The funding follows the start of commercial deliveries and a supply agreement with environmental commodity trader STX Group for certified renewable fuel. Link 19/10/2026.