Todays Latest Updates: 28 August 2026

Biogas: France. EnviTec is currently implementing two projects for long-standing customers: the conversion of the “Biowatt” plant in Brittany into a biomethane upgrading facility, and the construction of the new “Valoverte” biomethane plant in south-west France. At Biowatt, the biomethane produced will be fed into the network of the French grid operator NaTran. The renewable gas will be transported via a dedicated 13-kilometre shared network to Loudéac, where it will be used for local heat supply in the tertiary sector. Link 28/08/2026.

Biogas: Poland. Galia Green Power has signed a financing agreement for PLN 376 million with a consortium of banks. This  is one of the largest financing transactions for biogas and biomethane projects in Poland in recent years. It covers acquisitions of biogas plants and development investments, including expansion of existing installations and implementation of new biomethane projects. Link 28/08/2026.

Biotechnology: China. China’s industrial fermentation ecosystem is among the largest and most developed in the world. Decades of investment in fermentation-based pharmaceuticals and vitamins have created a manufacturing sector with vast production capacity, experienced technical talent, established supply chains, and competitive operating costs. Government support for protein innovation as part of China’s “new quality productive forces” strategy is further encouraging diversification into the ‘future food’ sector—creating an unprecedented opportunity for alternative-protein startups to drive down costs and rapidly ramp up their production capacity. Link 28/08/2026.

Hydrogen: Australia. Australian environmental technology company Calix (ASX:CXL) selected Perth-based conglomerate Perdaman as its preferred hydrogen development partner for the Zesty Green Iron Demonstration Project in Western Australia, a move aimed at advancing the hydrogen direct reduced iron (H-DRI) project towards a final investment decision (FID). The Zesty project is designed to demonstrate the production of H-DRI from multiple iron ore sources at a commercially relevant scale and test the resulting product across different steelmaking pathways. Hydrogen will be used as a reductant alongside electric heating. Link 28/08/2026.

Hydrogen: United Kingdom. UK start-up Zero Petroleum is working on its first commercial-scale plant after claiming to have proven the chemistry of a green hydrogen-based 100% replica of A-1 jet fuel. Link 28/08/2026.