Todays Latest Updates: 20 May 2026

Ammonia production: Australia. Construction started at a state-backed 15MW green hydrogen and ammonia project in New South Wales, Australia, aiming to supply clean fertilisers by early 2027. The Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia (GEGHA) project by New Zealand’s Hiringa Energy and local agriculture firm Sundown Pastoral will produce up to 4,500 tonnes per year of green ammonia to replace fossil-based fertilisers in Sundown’s operations. Backed by AUD $45.2m ($32.4m) in New South Wales funding, Sundown will use the output for its cotton and cropping operations at its Keytah Farm. 225 tonnes of hydrogen produced by the plant will also be used to replace diesel in farm operations and heavy-vehicle refuelling. Link 19/05/2026.

Ammonia production: Germany. Uniper is seeking customers for its planned 2.6 million tonne-per-year (tpa) ammonia-to-hydrogen import terminal in Germany. When operational, the Wilhelmshaven import terminal will receive up to 2.6 million tonnes of ammonia per year, crack it into around 350,000 tonnes of hydrogen, and feed it into Germany’s 9,000km core hydrogen network. Link 19/05/2026.

Biojet/SAF. United Kingdom Essar Energy Transition (EET), which plans to create the world’s leading low carbon process refinery, has completed the Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) stage for one of the UK’s largest advanced sustainable aviation fuel production hubs. Integrated within the company’s Stanlow refinery’s infrastructure, the planned Stanlow Methanol to Jet (MtJ) project will produce more than 200,000 metric tons per annum (tpa) of advanced SAF, using approximately 550,000 tpa of renewable e-methanol and bio-methanol feedstock. Link  20/05/2026.

Biojet/SAF: Switzerland. SWISS and Lufthansa Group are working towards long-term SAF procurement contracts with e-SAF producer, Metafuels. Link 20/05/2026.

Biojet/SAF: Thailand Bangchak Group launched Thailand’s first commercial production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from the country’s first 100% HEFA-SPK SAF Stand Alone production unit at Bangchak Phra Khanong Refinery. The milestone marks an important step in Thailand’s transition toward future energy, supporting Net Zero ambitions while responding to growing demand for sustainable aviation fuel in Thailand and overseas. The Group is also set to make its first SAF export. Link  20/05/2026.

Marine fuels: The Netherlands. Perpetual Next selected Clarksons – the world’s largest shipping‑services group – as preferred partner for the brokerage of Perpetual Next’s biomethanol in the maritime sector. The collaboration focuses on international offtake and market access through Clarkson’s extensive international network. Perpetual Next developed a unique blueprint for large-scale biomethanol production with proven industrial technology. It enables rapid, serial replication of biomethanol plants at a commercial scale. Demand for biomethanol in the international maritime sector is growing rapidly, driven by tightening decarbonization regulations, the need to reduce greenhouse‑gas emissions and increasing investments in methanol‑capable vessels and bunkering infrastructure. Link 20/05/2026.