Todays Latest Updates: 24 August 2026

Biogas: Indonesia. reNIKOLA Holdings and Pertagas Niaga signed a long-term agreement to sell compressed biomethane gas produced from eight palm oil mills in Indonesia. The project is intended to establish the country’s first biomethane-to-gas-grid ecosystem and the largest clustered biomethane development, aggregating renewable gas from multiple mills. The project is expected to produce more than 830,000 MMBtu annually and involve approximately $40 million in investment. The agreement provides a commercial foundation for developing a supply network that can capture value from palm oil mill waste. Link 24/08/2026.

Biogas: United Kingdom. EcoNomad Solutions received £230k from the British Design Fund, alongside support from Innovate UK and Beeches Group, to help small livestock farms turn organic waste into renewable energy.  Small and mid‑sized livestock farms across the UK and Europe face a triple challenge: rising energy and fertilizer costs, tightening regulations around slurry and waste management, and pressure to reduce methane emissions, with agriculture being one of the largest sources of man‑made methane globally. Yet most existing anaerobic digestion systems are built for large farms, making them too expensive, too complex, or simply too big for smaller operators. EcoNomad’s flagship product, the BioNomad®, is designed specifically to close this gap. Link 24/08/2026"

Ethanol: Philippines. Victorias Milling Company plans to expand its bioethanol facility, increasing annual production capacity to about 65,520 metric tons from 49,140 metric tons. The proposed $3.4 million project, based on an indicative cost of 200 million Philippine pesos, is driven by growing domestic fuel-ethanol demand, which the company estimates at about 840 million liters annually. Local production is only around 390 million liters, leaving a substantial supply gap that is largely filled through imports. VMC says expansion would increase domestic supply while reducing exposure to international disruptions and price volatility. Link 24/08/2026.

Hydrogen: Australia. Perdaman Energy selected US-based Electric Hydrogen as the preferred electrolyser vendor for the proposed second phase of its Project Helios, which will deliver green hydrogen to its urea and ammonia plant in Western Australia. Project Helios Phase 2 will rely on more than 1 GW of solar power generation, to be used for the production of more than 120 tonnes of green hydrogen per day. The hydrogen output will be supplied to Perdaman’s AUD-6.45-billion (USD 4.61bn/EUR 3.94bn) Project Ceres in the Pilbara region, which is expected to become Australia’s largest ammonia and urea manufacturing facility upon completion. Link 24/08/2026.

Methanol: China. Shanghai Electric launched phase two of its Taonan wind-powered green hydrogen-based biomethanol plant in Jilin, targeting scale-up to 200,000 tonnes per year. The new phase will build on the facility’s current operational capacity of 50,000 tonnes per year, while also adding 10,000 tonnes of sustainable aviation fuel. The Taonan plant began producing green biomethanol by gasifying agricultural biomass into syngas and combining it with green hydrogen produced through electrolysis powered by 67.2 MW of wind power in July 2025. Link 24/08/2026.