Todays Latest Updates: 11 August 2026

Biodiesel: USA. Inventure Renewables, a developer of proprietary process technologies for the oleochemical and biofuel industries and CPM Crown announced a global, non-exclusive partnership to bring Inventure's proprietary "SimplEster" esterification technology to biodiesel producers. The partnership is centred around  a proven commercial installation at Western Iowa Energy LLC (WIE), a 45 million gallon (≈ 170 million litre) per annum biodiesel production facility located in Wall Lake, Iowa (IA), where SimplEster was commissioned in 2024 as the platform’s first deployment. Under the new partnership, CPM Crown will offer SimplEster as a bolt-on to its current technology, giving producers already operating sodium methylate systems a straightforward path to greater feedstock flexibility, added capacity, and more efficient conversion of lower-carbon feedstocks Link 11/08/2026.

Biofuels: China. China’s green fuel industry has made significant progress, with production capacity steadily increasing. As of the end of 2025, the country had green fuel production capacity of about 8 million tons of oil equivalent (TOE) per year. The output of green methanol reached 380,000 tons, green ammonia stood at 700,000 tons, and sustainable aviation fuel hit 1.7 million tons, making China a major global supplier. Link. 11/08/2026.

Hydrogen/ Ammonia: United Kingdom. H-Power plans to demonstrate its technology integrated with engines from Japanese machinery maker Komatsu in a 15-month trial. The firm has completed the first phase of a $2m joint development agreement (JDA) with Komatsu, which focused on assessing the feasibility of combining ammonia cracking technology with diesel engines. Link 11/08/2026.

Marine fuels: Spain. Peninsula and liquid energy and chemicals storage company Evos have agreed to move ahead with dedicated biofuel storage at Algeciras, adding up to 60,000 cu m of capacity at one of Europe’s busiest fuel and shipping hubs. The plan is to expand handling for marine biofuels at the Strait of Gibraltar, where shipping traffic is dense, and demand for lower-carbon bunkering is rising. Link 11/08/2026.