Todays Latest Updates: 30 July 2026

Ammonia production: Morocco. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency announced that it was to fund early-stage studies ‌for a project aimed at producing ammonia in Western Sahara, marking the first U.S. government financing for a private-sector project in the territory. The grant agreement was signed in Laayoune, Western Sahara's largest city, with project developer ORNX to ‌finance ⁠a $5.7 million early engineering study for the ammonia project. The project is designed to produce about 560,000 ⁠metric tons of ammonia annually using hydrogen generated from renewable energy. Link 30/07/2026.

Biobased chemicals: USA. Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Braskem announced an innovative bio-acetone production platform for the corn-ethanol industry that enables producers to generate a new coproduct alongside ethanol. Combining LBDS’ proprietary fermentation technology with Braskem’s bio-acetone recovery process, the solution creates a new revenue stream for biorefineries while maintaining ethanol production performance and providing access to a guaranteed demand for all bio-acetone produced. Braskem and LBDS are now making the technology available to the U.S. ethanol industry. Link 30/07/2026.

Biojet/SAF Malaysia. FatHopes Energy and MotionECO entered into a strategic partnership aimed at supplying more than 200,000 tonnes of sustainable biofuel feedstock per year to support the growth of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production across Asia. Under the agreement, MotionECO will serve as FatHopes Energy’s strategic sourcing partner for Used Cooking Oil (UCO) and other qualifying second‑generation feedstocks originating from China. Link 30/07/2026.

Biojet/SAF: United Kingdom. Alfanar Group confirmed a land option agreement for its Lighthouse Green Fuels (LGF) project at Seal Sands, Teesside — a major milestone that anchors one of the world’s largest planned Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) facilities and the UK’s first commercial‑scale refinery since the 1960s. The agreement secures the site for a second‑generation SAF plant capable of producing 180 million litres of SAF and 30 million litres of renewable naphtha annually from sustainably sourced biomass, including forestry and agricultural residues. Link 30/07/2026.

Ethanol: Brazil. Cerradinho Group, received financing for technological innovation, industrial modernization and expansion of biofuel production in its units, located in Chapadão do Céu, in the Southwest of Goiás, and Maracaju, in the Southwest of Mato Grosso do Sul. The first investment of R$ 50 million, is  for Neomille S.A., a subsidiary of the group focused on the production of corn ethanol and co-products. The second investment, worth R$ 100 million, involves Cerradinho Bioenergia S.A. and Neomille S.A. and will enable new investments in innovative capital goods, including industrial and agricultural equipment, with new technology. Link 30/07/2026.

Hydrogen: Australia. Woodside expects to begin hydrogen production at its refuelling development in Perth during the second half of 2026. The project in Rockingham, Western Australia, is installing a 2.6MW electrolyser to produce up to 235kg of hydrogen per day that will supply an on-site refuelling station. Woodside plans to scale production to 1,000kg per day, which could absorb the majority of the electrolyser’s capacity. The site will use electricity from the grid through renewable energy certificates. Woodside had signed a conditional offtake agreement for undisclosed volumes from H2Perth with Singapore’s Keppel to supply data centres from as early as 2030. Link 30/07/2026.