VO Chidambaranar (VOC) Port Authority on Friday (29 May) said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s ammonia producer AM Green Ammonia to collaborate in the development of a green ammonia production plant.

The plant will have a capacity of one million tonnes per annum (MTPA) at Tuticorin.

The initiative also includes development of green ammonia handling, storage and bunkering infrastructure, pilot bunkering operations, safety procedures and training programmes. 

The project is expected to support the development of green fuel corridors connecting VOC Port with major ports in Europe and Asia, thereby strengthening India’s position in the global green fuels value chain.

VOC Port also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bureau Veritas (India) Pvt. Ltd., to collaborate on Green Port certification, emissions accounting, ESG reporting, safety validation, development of green bunkering practices, and establishment of a Centre of Excellence for green fuels and sustainability.

The port also plans for an upcoming 750 m³ green methanol bunkering facility.

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Published: 3 June, 2026

The Methanol Institute recently shared with Manifold Times the renewable and low-carbon methanol project pipeline May 2026 release produced by GENA Solutions Oy.

Information from the release is meant to provide the bunkering publication’s readers with insight on renewable methanol availability, and to assist the maritime industry in the adoption of methanol as a mainstream marine fuel heading into IMO 2030/2050.

Key takeaways from GENA’s May 2026 Methanol release are as follows:

• A biomethanol project in China signed an EPC contract in May. GENA estimates that more than 3 Mt of biomethanol and e-methanol capacity is currently under construction in China.
• Six new projects were added to Project Navigator, while five frozen projects were excluded. The project pipeline increased by 0.6 Mt month on month.
• Project Navigator tracks 282 renewable and low-carbon methanol projects, representing 61.6 Mt of capacity by 2031, including 24.9 Mt of e-methanol, 25.6 Mt of biomethanol, and 11.2 Mt of low-carbon methanol.
• GENA estimates that renewable methanol capacity could grow from 0.9 Mt in 2025 to 1.5 Mt by the end of 2026, 2.2–2.4 Mt in 2027, and 5-12 Mt in 2030.
• Europe accounts for more than 10 Mt of renewable and low-carbon methanol projects, about 79% of which use hydrogen as one of the feedstocks.
• More than 31 Mt of projects are under development in China, with biomass gasification accounting for 61% of the pipeline.
• North America accounts for more than 10 Mt of projects, mainly using CCS.

Note: The full article can be viewed here.

Photo credit: GENA Solutions
Published: 2 June, 2026

Port of Gothenburg on Tuesday (26 May) said construction has begun on a liquefied biogas facility at the port, which is expected to play a central role in making Swedish biogas available to more sectors including shipping. 

Owned and developed by Nordion Energi, the facility will enable biogas producers connected to the gas grid to reach new markets. By liquefying the gas, it can be transported and used in sectors such as shipping, heavy transport and industry, including areas beyond the reach of the existing gas grid.

The new facility is expected to be completed in early 2027 and is scheduled to become operational before the end of the year. Once fully operational, it will have a capacity of around 50 metric tonnes (mt) of liquefied biogas per day.

“Our goal is to help drive the transition of the gas grid to 100 percent renewable gas, and the liquefied biogas facility at the Port of Gothenburg will play a key role in that shift. It will also support the transition of shipping, heavy transport and industries located further away from the gas grid,” said Carolina Wistén, Head of Customer and Market Gas Grid at Nordion Energi.

Biogas is a renewable fuel with a low climate impact and can replace fossil alternatives across several sectors. Interest in liquefied biogas is growing rapidly, particularly in shipping, where demand for sustainable fuels continues to increase.

“For shipping’s transition to gain real momentum, the entire value chain needs to be in place and working together, something the maritime cluster at the Port of Gothenburg is well known for. This facility strengthens the port’s position in renewable bunker fuels and will make it possible to offer liquefied biogas to shipping on a larger scale,” says Therese Jällbrink, Head of Renewable Energy at the Port of Gothenburg.

Producers and users are already in place at the port, ready to make use of the liquefaction facility once it is operational. Several shipping companies calling at the port regularly are already using biogas to power their vessels. They will be able to scale up that use once the facility is completed.

On the production side, St1 Biokraft is among the companies that have already signed an agreement to secure part of the facility’s capacity.

Photo credit: Nordion Energi
Published: 29 May, 2026