Todays Latest Updates: 21 August 2026

Biobased chemicals: Germany. LignoPure GmbH is pioneering the utilization of lignin as a sustainable ingredient in high-quality applications such as home care products. It has now raised a further 2.4 million euros in equity capital. By developing innovative lignin-based ingredients and collaborating with biorefineries, LignoPure aims to create sustainable alternatives to harmful ingredients in the chemical industry. Processed lignin is not only used in the cosmetics sector but also creates the basis for a broad introduction of lignin in various industrial applications such as the field of dietary supplements or the production of vegan leather. Link 21/08/2026.

Biogas: Finland. The annual production target of the Nurmo biogas plant is 100 gigawatt-hours, which corresponds to about 10 million liters of diesel. The first batch of biogas is expected to be completed in October. After that, heavy traffic can refuel biogas from several petrol stations around Finland. The nearest refuelling point will be completed in Nurmo, and it will be opened this year. The plant also has the capacity to produce liquid biomethane. Link 21/08/2026.

Biogas: USA. BCC Research’s new report, AI Impact on Biogas Upgrading Technologies Market – BCC Pulse Report, maps the strategic landscape of AI adoption across the global biogas upgrading value chain — from anaerobic digestion and process control to predictive maintenance, carbon crediting workflows, and decentralized plant management. Link 21/08/2026.

Hydrogen: Germany. Austrian oil and gas firm OMV started using green hydrogen-based e-methanol from European Energy and Mitsui’s Kassø project in Denmark as an input in biodiesel sold from its Burghausen refinery in Germany. OMV claims to be the first energy company in Germany to bring renewable e-methanol into commercial road transport, marketing diesel containing a fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) component produced with the fuel since mid-July. Link 21/08/2029.

Marine fuels: China. Shanghai Electric supplied over 8,000 tonnes of domestically produced green methanol to CMA CGM’s 13,000 TEU dual fuel containership CMA CGM OSMIUM at Shanghai Port on Aug. 15 and 16, setting a world record for a single biomethanol bunkering. The operation more than doubled the previous record of 3,643 tonnes set in Shanghai in March. Most of the fuel came from Shanghai Electric’s green methanol project in Taonan, Jilin province, which combines biomass including corn stalks with green hydrogen produced using wind power. Link 21/08/2026.