Todays Latest Updates: 02 July 2026

Ammonia production: India. ACME Group and IHI Corporation  strengthened their green hydrogen plans with their green ammonia joint venture in Gopalpur, Odisha, securing support under Japan’s clean hydrogen framework ahead of its planned commissioning in 2030. The project, designed to produce 405,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) of green ammonia using renewable energy, has received certification under Japan’s price support programme administered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under the Hydrogen Society Promotion Act. The project has also been selected under Japan’s clean hydrogen Contract for Difference (CfD) subsidy programme, which will provide price support for 228,000 TPA of clean ammonia from September 2030. Link 02/07/2026

Biogas: Spain. Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Advanced Bioenergy Fund I (ABF I), reached final investment decision (FID) on what will be one of Spain’s largest biogas plants, Cobirgy, located in La Sentiu de Sió, Lérida (Catalonia). The Cobirgy plant is ABF I’s fifth investment and its third outside Denmark. With an estimated annual biomethane production of more than 230 GWh, Cobirgy is expected to have the highest biomethane output of any biogas plant in Spain to date, along with the production of approximately 150,000 tonnes of soil improver and organic fertiliser products per year. Link 02/07/2026.

Biogas: Sweden. Domsjö Fabriker is moving forward with plans to further develop its existing operations at High Coast Innovation Park in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The project has applied for a subsidy from Klimatklivet, Sweden’s national climate investment program, to upgrade biogas from industrial processes into liquefied biogas, LBG, which can replace fossil diesel in heavy transport. The aim is to commission the plant during Q4/2028. When the plant reaches full capacity, it is expected to be able to replace approximately 100 GWh of fossil diesel per year with 100 GWh of LBG. Link 02/07/2026.

Hydrogen: Australia. Orica has taken final investment decision (FID) on its government-backed 50MW green hydrogen facility that will supply existing ammonia production in New South Wales. It will produce up to 4,700 tonnes of green hydrogen per year to supply Orica’s existing Kooragang Island ammonia and ammonium nitrate plant, displacing around 7.5% of current natural gas consumption. The project has already received AUD $115m ($79.2m) in state and federal capex support. Once operational, it will also gain AUD $432m ($297.5m) in per kilogramme subsidies over 10 years from the government’s first Hydrogen Headstart programme. Link 02/07/2026.

Plastic recycling: Belgium. SynPet Technologies, the Belgium-based advanced recycling company, has received the environmental and construction permit for its flagship facility in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges. The facility will process up to 250,000 tonnes of mixed plastic waste annually and produce circular naphtha substitute for the petrochemical industry, helping transform difficult-to-recycle waste streams into valuable circular feedstocks. Through its patented Thermal Conversion Process (TCP®), SynPet has demonstrated how advanced recycling can unlock value from hard-to-recycle mixed plastic waste. Link 02/07/2026.