Todays Latest Updates: 20 April 2026

Biofuels: USA. Gevo, Inc. announced the company’s withdrawal of its loan guarantee financing application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) and is developing other funding opportunities to meet its goal of financing the company’s Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ)-30 plant by end of 2026. Link 20/04/2026.

Biofuels: Malaysia. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board estimates that an additional 334,000 metric tons of palm oil will be required for the country to move to a B15 mandate from the current B10 as it seeks to reduce fuel costs as fossil fuel prices soar. To reach the intermediate blend increase to 12% will require 130,000 tons of additional supplies while a further 204,000 tons will be needed to make the next leap to 15% blending. Link 20/04/2026.

Biogas: United Kingdom. GMT has secured a £195 million project finance facility from ING to support the delivery of its UK biomethane platform. The financing, structured as a non-recourse, multi-project debt facility, represents a significant milestone for GMT and reflects growing investor confidence in biomethane as a core component of the UK’s energy infrastructure. Link 20/04/2026

Hydrogen: Europe. UK PEM electrolyser maker ITM Power has partnered with Rheinmetall to support the German defence firm’s plans to build a network of decentralised green hydrogen-based e-fuel plants across Europe. Rheinmetall’s Giga PtX programme sets out plans to deploy “several hundred” e-fuel plants with around 50MW of electrolyser capacity to produce up to 7,000 tonnes of drop-in NATO fuels. Ineratec will supply Fischer-Tropsch synthesis technologies, and Greenlyte Carbon Technologies will support with direct air capture of carbon dioxide (CO2). Link. 20/04/2026.

Ethanol: USA. Ethanol exports from the United States have crossed the 1 billion gallon mark in the 2025–26 marketing year, putting shipments on course to exceed last year’s record of 2.1 billion gallons, according to figures from the US Department of Agriculture. Canada continues to be the largest importer, buying 432 million gallons so far this year, a rise of nearly 17 per cent, supported by higher blending levels in some regions. Demand from the European Union has also increased sharply, with imports nearly doubling to 252 million gallons as countries move to meet renewable fuel targets. Link 20/04/2026.