Todays Latest Updates: 5 June 2026

Biobased chemicals: USA Cemvita announced the successful completion of a 75,000-liter industrial fermentation campaign at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, achieving target technical metrics for the production of FermOil™ from industrial crude glycerin. The milestone validates the scalability of Cemvita’s biomanufacturing platform. The  platform converts crude glycerin, a byproduct of biodiesel production, into renewable natural oil, creating value from an underutilized industrial residual stream. Link 05/06/2026.

Biofuels: Malaysia. Malaysia is accelerating its biodiesel transition programme, with the nationwide rollout of B15 biodiesel now underway while several regions have already advanced to the higher B20 blend. Malaysia officially began the next phase of its energy transition on June 1 by gradually increasing biodiesel blending from B10 to B15 across Peninsular Malaysia. The programme is being supported through 19 licensed biodiesel production plants operating nationwide. Link 05/06/2026.

Hydrogen: Germany. Danish companies European Energy, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Everfuel A/S will share EUR 1.3 billion (USD 1.51bn) in subsidies after being successful in a German hydrogen auction under the European Hydrogen Bank (EHB). The tender is part of Germany’s efforts to accelerate the development and import of renewable hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives and support the decarbonisation of industry and transport across Europe. The three selected projects will jointly produce 78,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen annually that will be transported through a planned Danish-German hydrogen interconnector. Link. 05/06/2026.