Todays Latest Updates: 15 September 2026

Ammonia production: Germany. Polymer and plastics manufacturer Covestro could offtake ammonia from Abu Dhabi’s Fertiglobe via MB Energy’s planned import terminal in Hamburg, Germany, under a new three-way agreement. The new MOU outlines the trio’s evaluation of imports through MB’s proposed 600,000-tonne-per-year ammonia import terminal in the Port of Hamburg, which recently secured approval from local authorities. Fertiglobe, which did not specify details of the ammonia’s potential source, was the first winner of the pilot H2Global auction, where it secured a €397m ($432m) contract to supply green ammonia from its Egypt Green Hydrogen Project to Germany. Covestro recognises low-carbon ammonia is an “essential building block” for decarbonising the chemical industry and that  securing it reliably and competitively is a “strategic priority” for the company. Covestro, Fertiglobe, MB Energy team up on ammonia supply to Germany. Link 15/09/2026.

CO2 Removal: Iceland. Climeworks has unlocked a substantial increase in CO2 capture capacity while slashing operating costs by more than half at its Mammoth plant in Iceland. These improvements not only increase the volume of captured atmospheric CO2, but they also reduce the cost of DAC carbon removal, presenting a potential solution to one of the biggest scaling obstacles for this climate technology. Link 15/09/2026.

Plastic recycling: China. Niutech Technology Group Co. signed a sales contract with a global energy major for an Industrial Continuous Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Production Line. Featuring Niutech’s proprietary technology and single-unit capacity of 10,000 to 50,000 tons per year (tpy), the line will upgrade one of the customer’s large-scale refineries, enabling end-to-end production from waste plastic pyrolysis oil to hydrotreated Sustainable Aviation Fuel . Niutech Technology Group Co., Ltd. is an integrated pyrolysis solution provider with fully independent intellectual property. Its industrial continuous pyrolysis equipment (10,000–50,000 tpy per unit) handles more than 30 waste types including scrap tires, waste plastics, oily sludge, tar residue and medical waste Link 15/09/2026. 

Policy: India. The Indian Government is working to permit ethanol blending beyond the existing E20 level, enabled through flexi-fuel  vehicles. The E20 program has been “very successful” so far and several automobile companies have announced plans to roll out flexi-fuel vehicles soon. Biofuels and other alternative energy sources are very important for India, and government policies are now focusing on promoting biofuels on a large scale. Link 15/09/2026.