Todays Latest Updates: 02 October 2026

Biofuels: Australia. Biofuels could strengthen Australia’s fuel security and create new markets for the country’s farmers at the same time, Rabobank indicates in a newly-released report. The agribusiness banking specialist’s RaboResearch division says, in a world where many of Australia’s global agricultural competitors have greater fuel security and less exposure to export markets for their farm products, Australia may want to consider using part of its agricultural production to build a more resilient and secure domestic fuel supply. Link 02/10/2026.

Biogas: India The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed a MoU to establish Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) plants in Delhi for the utilisation of cattle dung. Under the NDDB model, cattle dung from dairies and gaushalas will be transported directly to plants where it will be processed to produce CBG and manure. The initiative will also include scientific management of waste along the banks of the Yamuna. Link 02/10/2026.

Biotechnology: USA. ADM is investing $55.5 million to convert an under-used fermentation facility in Clinton, Iowa, into a precision fermentation operation. The conversion would expand ADM’s capacity to produce high-value proteins and enzymes. These ingredients serve food, feed and industrial applications. New equipment for separation, purification, drying and packaging will be installed as part of the project. Existing fermentation equipment, piping and supporting systems will also be upgraded. Link 02/10/2026.

e-fuels: Germany. INERATEC and Ramboll are expanding their cooperation to further develop industrial e-SAF production. The focus of the cooperation is the expansion of the ERA ONE power-to-liquid plant in Frankfurt-Höchst with an upgrading unit that will convert synthetic raw products into standard-compliant fuels for aviation directly on site. The aim is to further advance the technological integration of the value chain and enable the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (e-SAF) on an industrial scale. With the implementation of the upgrading units, INERATEC is expanding its own technological vertical integration. In the future, the conversion of captured CO₂ and green hydrogen to usable synthetic aviation fuel will take place within an integrated production platform. This reduces dependence on external refinery infrastructure and creates conditions for scalable, decentralized fuel production. Link 02/10/2026

Plastic recycling South Korea. LOTTE Chemical has halted the remaining investment in a chemical recycling project for waste polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, at its Ulsan plant in South Korea, shelving plans for a large-scale depolymerization facility that was intended to support production of chemically recycled PET. The South Korean chemicals producer disclosed on September 17 that its board had decided to discontinue the investment because of changes in market conditions, a prolonged downturn in the petrochemical sector and the company's participation in broader industry restructuring. The BHET facility was intended to supply a 110,000-metric-ton-per-year chemically recycled PET, or C-rPET, production system at LOTTE Chemical's Ulsan Plant 2. Link 02/10/2026.

Textiles: Europe. A new strategy has been developed and recently launched by Textile ETP through the Circular & Biobased Textiles Innovation Hub. The Bioeconomy Innovation Strategy for the European Fibres, Textiles, and Apparel Industry sets out how Europe can halt and reverse five decades of rising fossil dependency in its textile material base and at the same time strengthen its manufacturing base. The strategy identifies three converging imperatives that make the biobased transition a necessity rather than an option: sustainability (as global per-capita fibre consumption climbs, with the additional demand met almost entirely by fossil synthetics), strategic resilience (given that over 90% of global polyester capacity already is located in Asia and other man-made fibres following the same trajectory, Europe increasingly depends on a handful of non-European suppliers for most of its strategic material supply), and competitiveness. Link 02/10/2026.