Todays Latest Updates: 20 July 2026

Biogas: Germany. Uniper and Q1 Energie AG concluded an agreement regarding the supply of bio-LNG. The renewable fuel is made available for road transport in several German states via the Q1 bio-LNG-net. This cooperation marks the first business relationship between the two companies and emphasizes the common goal of continuing to advance low-emission fuel solutions for heavy transport. The sustainably produced biomethane is liquefied at the Gate terminal in Rotterdam using the existing LNG infrastructure and stored temporarily as bio-LNG. It is transported in ISO tank containers from Rotterdam to a central storage point in Germany, where Q1 takes charge of distributing it to filling stations. As the owner, importer, and distributor of the bio-LNG, Uniper will be responsible for the entire supply chain from transporting biomethane to liquefying it and on to importing the gas into Germany. Link 20/07/2026.

E-fuels: United Kingdom. Ireland-headquartered e-fuels developer ETFuels (ETF) selected the Humber’s Port of Immingham for its 35,000-tonne UK green hydrogen-based sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) project. The methanol-to-jet facility will be sited on Kings Road and will use green methanol produced at its planned facility in Texas as a feedstock. The company’s project in Texas is designed to produce up to 120,000 tonnes of e-methanol per year, using 210M of John Cockerill electrolysers and e-methanol technology and synthesis catalysts from Johnson Matthey. Link 20/07/2026

Hydrogen: France. German developer Hy2gen will use grid power for its 390MW green hydrogen-based sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) project in the south of France, under a new partnership with EDF. From 2032, the company’s 75,000-tonne H4 Marseille Fos project, being developed with H2V, will receive a “low-carbon electricity mix” of renewable and nuclear power under a 10-year agreement. Link 20/07/2026.

Policy: USA. the US Trade Representative is taking final action, under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 by imposing a 25% tariff on certain goods of Brazil.  This follows a yearlong investigation by USTR that determined that certain Brazilian measures related to digital trade and electronic payment services; unfair, preferential tariffs; anti-corruption interference; intellectual property protection; ethanol market access; and illegal deforestation are unreasonable and burden or restrict the commerce of American farmers, workers, innovators, and exporters. Link 20/07/2026.