News - Bioenergy Australia

Biofuels the 'missing puzzle piece' to hit climate targets

Australia needs to substitute ethanol in fuel and offer significant tax breaks on renewable fuels if it wants to reach its international climate targets, including net zero carbon emissions by 2050, a new report says.

Mon 22 May 2023

Media Release: Transitioning Australia’s Liquid Fuel Sector: The Role of Renewable Fuels

Australia will be exposed to environmental, economic and energy security risks if governments fail to foster a domestic renewable fuels sector. That is the alarming assessment of a new report commissioned by Bioenergy Australia - Transitioning Australia’s Liquid Fuel Sector: The Role of Renewable Fuels.

Mon 22 May 2023

Media Release: Strategy to grow six new industries powering Qld’s net zero future

Queensland is set to capitalise on a new wave of economic growth under a Palaszczuk Government plan to develop industries that will be in hot demand in a decarbonising world.

Fri 19 May 2023

2023-24 Budget – Energy and Climate Highlights

It was fantastic to see the commitment by the Federal Government to driving Australia's climate action in the 2023-24 Budget announced yesterday.

Wed 10 May 2023

Sustainable aviation fuel made from alcohol to be produced in north Queensland

What could be Australia's first foray into an environmentally cleaner aviation fuel source could be up and running by 2026.

Mon 08 May 2023

National Net Zero Authority has the potential to boost bioenergy

Bioenergy Australia welcomes the Albanese Government’s move to legislate a national Net Zero Authority.

Mon 08 May 2023

Media Release: National Net Zero Authority

The Albanese Government will legislate a national Net Zero Authority to ensure the workers, industries and communities that have powered Australia for generations can seize the opportunities of Australia’s net zero transformation.

Fri 05 May 2023

Anaergia AD plant to supply Toyota facility

Anaergia Inc. has announced today that its subsidiary SoCal Biomethane LLC, Victorville, California, will supply renewable natural gas (RNG) made from food waste and municipal wastewater to the Toyota Motor North America Inc.’s (TMNA) Logistics Services Center at the Port of Long Beach in California.

Fri 05 May 2023

Anaergia to provide PepsiCo with waste-to-biogas solution in South Africa

Anaergia has secured a contract to provide its technologies, engineering and process design for a new facility that will convert food processing waste into renewable energy at PepsiCo’s Simba Chips plant in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Thu 04 May 2023

Renewable Gas Alliance welcomes the release of new RACE for 2030 report

The Renewable Gas Alliance welcomes the release of the RACE for 2030 report into the opportunity of anaerobic digestion for electricity, transport and gas.

Tue 02 May 2023

Gaia’s biodigester to assist AgVic’s Ellinbank research farm to become the world’s first carbon-neutral grazing-based farm

Gaia EnviroTech has been awarded a tender from the Victorian Government to install cutting-edge Anaerobic Digestion (AD) technology and deliver related services at the Ellinbank SmartFarm in Gippsland, Victoria.

Thu 27 Apr 2023

Queensland biofuel refinery to turn agricultural by-products into sustainable aviation fuel

Agricultural by-products including sugarcane will be turned into jet fuel through investment from the Qantas Group, Airbus and the Queensland Government, at a Queensland biofuel production facility being developed by Jet Zero Australia in partnership with leading sustainable aviation fuel technology company LanzaJet.

Thu 30 Mar 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: Bioenergy Vision to complement Tasmania's renewables future

While Tasmania is the undoubted national leader in terms of renewable energy generation in the hydro and wind sectors, there is still huge untapped potential in renewable bioenergy.

Tue 28 Mar 2023

SAFAANZ response to Ampol and Eneos partnership

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Alliance of Australia and New Zealand (SAFAANZ) welcome the joint announcement from Ampol and ENEOS to explore production of advanced biofuels at the Lytton refinery, a deal that could see up to 500 million litres of Sustainable Aviation Fuel and renewable diesel refined every year at the Brisbane facility.

Fri 24 Mar 2023

Ampol and ENEOS Partner to Explore Advanced Biofuels Production in Queensland

Ampol Limited (Ampol) and ENEOS have today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the production of advanced biofuels at the Lytton refinery in Brisbane, Australia.

Thu 23 Mar 2023

Airbus’ most popular aircraft takes to the skies with 100% sustainable aviation fuel

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a key element for the future reduction of air transportation’s carbon footprint, and Airbus is continuing its testing of this bio-jet fuel with a new VOLCAN flight test campaign using the best-selling A320 Family aircraft.

Fri 10 Mar 2023

Japan’s Idemitsu eyes SAF production from pongamia oil

Japanese refiner Idemitsu will explore sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production from pongamia oil in Australia, with support from Australia's Queensland state government.

Wed 08 Mar 2023

Terri Butler joins Sustainable Aviation Fuels Alliance of Australia and New Zealand to help fast track the development of SAF

Australia is well placed to reap a substantial economic windfall from the global growth in Sustainable Aviation Fuel, but must act swiftly to catch the pace set by other nations, according to incoming chair of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Alliance Australia and New Zealand, Terri Butler.

Mon 06 Mar 2023