Todays Latest Updates: 13 August 2026

Ammonia production: Morocco. KBR announced today that it has been selected by ORNX Green Hydrogen for the pre-front-end engineering design (Pre-FEED) phase of a world-scale, low cost ammonia project planned for the Laâyoune region of Morocco. The study is being supported through funding from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). KBR will provide technology licensing and pre-FEED services for the project, which is expected to produce approximately 560,000 metric tons per year of low-cost ammonia and utilize about 900 MW of electrolyzer capacity. The development will integrate power generation, hydrogen production and ammonia synthesis into a large-scale platform. The project is expected to leverage the region's abundant renewable resources and strategic access to port infrastructure. Link 13/08/2026.

Biobased chemicals: United Kingdom. Epoch Biodesign, the AI-biotechnology company building the definitive technology for materials circularity, today announced that it has acquired the nylon 6,6 production facility in Blanes, Spain, formerly operated by Domo Chemicals. The acquisition makes Epoch the first and only biorecycling company to own commercial-scale polymer production, creating a fully vertically integrated operation from waste through to finished polymer. Link 13/08/2026.

Biofuels: USA. Par Pacific Holdings Inc. reported that its Hawaii renewable fuels facility ramped up production during the three-month period after commencing operations in April. The biorefinery, located at the company’s Kapolei refinery, has the capacity to produce 61 MMgy of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable naphtha and low-carbon liquefied petroleum gases. The project is designed to have the flexibility to produce up to 90% SAF or 90% renewable diesel. Link 13/08/2026.

Biofuels: USA. Phillips 66 produced 53,000 barrels per day of renewable fuels during the second quarter, up from 40,000 barrels per day during the same period of 2025. Phillips 66’s renewable fuels business segment processes renewable feedstocks into renewable fuels at its Rodeo facility in California and the Humber refinery in the U.K. The segment also includes global activities to procure renewable feedstocks, manage certain regulatory credits and market renewable fuels. Link 13/08/2026.

Pyrolysis: Canada. Power Wood Holdings Ltd has agreed terms for an investment of up to CA$84 million into its development of two advanced black pellet production facilities in Northern Alberta. The Calgary-based biofuel business will receive its finance in multiple amounts from London-based private investment firm Chair Capital Ltd., as it reaches key project milestones towards the completion of each pellet facility to be developed by its subsidiary Power Wood Canada Corp. Each pellet plant will manufacture durable and waterproof, densified steam-treated biofuel pellets from waste stream wildfire-damaged deadwood, diseased trees and forest floor debris removed from ranges in North West Alberta. The facilities will have a combined annual output capacity of 700,000 tons. Power Wood has 10-year, take-or-pay offtake agreements in place with multiple Japanese energy companies. Link 13/08/2026.