Applied Research: Bioeconomy, Renewable Carbon & Climate Change

Todays Latest Updates: 23 July 2026

Biojet/SAF: Australia. Australian low-carbon fuels company HAMR Energy has been awarded AUD 32 million (USD 22.4m/EUR 19.6m) in conditional funding by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to support development activities for a forestry byproducts-to-aviation fuel project across Victoria and South Australia. Feasibility work has been completed and the company is moving into Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and other activities. The ARENA funding will be provided in two stages -- AUD 12.5 million will be released initially and AUD 19.5 million will be conditional on HAMR Energy securing the needed co-funding to commence detailed FEED. Link 23/07/2026.

e-fuels: Germany.INERATEC’s groundbreaking, modular Power-to-Liquid plants cover the full value chain of sustainable fuel production — from green CO₂ and hydrogen to drop-in-ready fuels and chemicals. At the core of the process, the reverse water-gas shift reaction and lower-temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis are optimally coupled to convert renewable feedstocks into high-quality synthetic hydrocarbons. By integrating microstructure technology directly into stacked reactor foils with extremely fine channels, INERATEC enables exceptionally precise mass and heat exchange throughout the process. By integrating Zeopore’s catalyst technology into its hydrocracking process, INERATEC further elevates process efficiency. Link 23/07/2026.

e-fuels: India. Adani Enterprises and Dioxycle  announced a long-term partnership to develop and scale low-carbon chemical production in India. The initiative will begin with a pilot facility at an Adani Group’s site to produce formic acid using captured carbon dioxide and renewable electricity. Following successful validation, the partners plan to scale the technology for commercial manufacturing. The partnership combines Dioxycle’s electrically driven chemical manufacturing technology with Adani Group’s clean-energy capabilities, infrastructure platform and project execution expertise to create a new model for sustainable and cost-competitive chemical production. Link 23/07/2026.

e-methane: Finland. Sunfire has been named preferred electrolyser supplier by Finland’s Ren-Gas for its green hydrogen and e-methane projects, positioning the German manufacturer to supply a further 300MW of electrolysers across the developer’s wider project pipeline. The announcement comes shortly after Ren-Gas signed a €1bn ($1.14bn) offtake agreement for green hydrogen-based e-methane with Swiss LNG operator Avanca Energy. The company’s Lahti project also secured €45m ($51.3m) from the European Hydrogen Bank auction, offering per kilogramme subsidies for 10 years, as well as €28m ($32m) for carbon dioxide capture from the Finnish government. Link 23/07/2026.

 

Posted: Thu 23 Jul 2026

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