Plan to manufacture aviation fuel from Australian canola well underway

Australian farmers could soon be fuelling jets with a low-carbon liquid fuel made from canola. Aviation accounts for about 2.5 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions and is difficult to decarbonise. A push to replace fossil fuel with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) is raising the prospect of a new market for the Australian-grown oilseed.
Mon 16 Jun 2025

Media Release: Australia’s largest import of sustainable aviation fuel lands in Sydney

Qantas, Sydney Airport and Ampol, supported by Qantas’ SAF Coalition partners, have today marked the largest ever commercial importation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) into Australia, with nearly two million litres of unblended SAF arriving this week. Sustainable Aviation Fuel has the greatest near-term potential to help decarbonise the aviation industry.
Wed 14 May 2025

Sojitz Enters Biomethane Production and Sales Business in India

Sojitz Corporation (“Sojitz”) invests in a holding structure of the special purpose company, IOC GPS Renewables Pvt. Ltd. (“IGRPL”) established jointly by GPS Renewables Private Limited. (“GPSR”) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (“IOCL”), the largest state-owned oil company in India, which designs, constructs, operates, and provides maintenance for biomethane plants in India. Through this investment, Sojitz will enter the biomethane production and sales business in India.
Wed 30 Apr 2025

Media Release: Jet Zero Australia Executes FEED Agreements to Advance Australia’s First Bioethanol to Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Jet Zero Australia Pty Ltd (Jet Zero) is pleased to announce the execution of a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Contract with Technip Energies and continuation of the Owner’s Engineering Services Contract with Long Energy & Resources (LERA) for Project Ulysses (the Project), a bioethanol to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project located in Townsville, Australia.
Mon 07 Apr 2025

Delorean Secures $6.1m ARENA Grant for Major SA1 Facility Upgrade

Delorean Corporation Ltd ("Delorean" or "the Company") has signed a $6.08 million grant funding agreement with the Australian Government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to enhance its SA1 bioenergy facility, currently under construction in Edinburgh Parks, South Australia.
Thu 06 Mar 2025

Joint media release: Low carbon liquid fuels of the Future Made In Australia

The Albanese Government is delivering $250 million to accelerate the pace of Australia’s growing domestic Low Carbon Liquid Fuels (LCLF) industry. This funding is part of the $1.7 billion Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund and will be provided as grants to support pre-commercial innovation, demonstration and deployment.
Thu 06 Mar 2025

IFM Investors, Ampol and GrainCorp welcome further investment in Australian renewable fuels industry from Federal Government

IFM Investors, Ampol and GrainCorp welcome the Federal Government’s announcement today to commit $250 million to low carbon liquid fuels (LCLF) from the $1.7 billion Future Made in Australia Fund. In July last year, IFM, Ampol and GrainCorp signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the establishment of an integrated renewable fuels supply chain in Australia.
Thu 06 Mar 2025

Media Release: Rio Tinto renewable diesel trial

Renewable diesel has helped fuel Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore operations for the first time, with the completion of a successful trial of biofuel across its network of Western Australian ports, railways and mines.
Wed 26 Feb 2025

CEFC welcomes additional $2 billion capital allocation from Australian Government

The CEFC today welcomed an additional $2 billion capital allocation from the Australian Government, to support investment commitments via the CEFC General Portfolio. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen announced the additional allocation on 23 January 2025. The allocation was subsequently approved by the Australian Parliament and received Royal Assent on 14 February 2025.
Fri 14 Feb 2025

Let green gas count: 145+ global organisations sign open letter calling for clarity in GHG Protocol

Following the withdrawal of guidance on the use of biomethane certificates in the GHG Protocol, over 145 companies and trade associations from around the world have issued a public joint letter to the governance bodies of the GHG Protocol calling for the key role of market-based instruments to be recognised in the Protocol’s Scope 1 inventory. Their message to the GHG Protocol is simple: Let Green Gas Count.
Tue 11 Feb 2025

Jetting ahead: Fresh insights propel sustainable aviation

Thanks to new momentum across research, policy and industry, sustainable aviation in Australia has taken off in the last year. The 2024 SAF State of Play Report provides an update on the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) sector following the release of the CSIRO-Boeing SAF Roadmap in 2023.
Tue 26 Nov 2024

Welcome boost for new Pilbara Carbon Capture and Storage project

Australian Gas Infrastructure Group welcomes today’s announcement from the Western Australian government of a $15 million grant to support the Pilbara Carbon Capture and Storage transmission project. This project would deliver key infrastructure needed to help support the decarbonisation of heavy industry in the Pilbara.
Thu 21 Nov 2024