News - Bioenergy Australia

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

Defence support key to green-fuel future

Defence is being urged to commit to a 10 per cent sustainable aviation fuel blend by 2030 to strengthen its independence from foreign fuel supplies and underpin a domestic industry levering off Australia's vast and competitive agricultural sector.

Fri 03 Mar 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: CSIRO, Boeing to create roadmap for sustainable skies

Interest and investment is rapidly growing in SAF, biofuel used to power aircraft with a smaller carbon footprint than conventional jet fuel. The SAF Roadmap, due to be released later this year, aims to build consensus on how to develop Australia’s SAF industry within an Asia-Pacific context.

Thu 02 Mar 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: Australia’s first helicopter flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Neste, Airbus, Safran Engines and Microflite, a leading Australian helicopter operator, have jointly operated Australia’s first helicopter flights using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). On this demonstration flight, an Airbus H130 helicopter powered by a Safran Arriel 2D engine used blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied by Neste.

Tue 28 Feb 2023

Sustainable aviation fuel is the answer to decarbonisation

Australia is in danger of missing an opportunity to add $8 billion a year to our GDP and create an extra 8000 jobs if we don’t move faster to develop a domestic sustainable aviation fuel sector, says the chief executive of Bioenergy Australia, Shahana McKenzie.

Wed 22 Feb 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: Milestone for bp’s Renewable Fuels Project in Kwinana

The McGowan Government has welcomed the latest milestone for bp's $1 billion Kwinana Renewable Fuels project. The Kwinana project is one of five biofuel refineries bp has planned globally and is scheduled to be the first to come online.

Fri 17 Feb 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: Energy sector survey to map jobs of the future

Over 60,000 clean energy jobs could be created in Australia by 2025, most of them in regional areas, including in energy efficiency, management and electrification jobs, as the Albanese Government ramps up the transformation to renewable energy.

Tue 31 Jan 2023

Airfares to soar, QLD jobs missed, unless new industry backed like hydrogen

Queensland has all the ingredients to become the “epicentre for South East Asia” for a key $3 billion industry, but failure to invest could cost thousands of jobs, experts say.

Tue 24 Jan 2023

Researchers make breakthrough in turning sugar cane to aircraft fuel

Queensland researchers say making sustainable fuels, cosmetics, solvents, and paints in Australia is a step closer after a breakthrough that allows them to quickly convert sugar cane into a renewable chemical.

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Mon 23 Jan 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: Roundtable accelerates take-off for Queensland green aviation fuels industry

The Palaszczuk Government is accelerating plans to make Queensland the capital of a local sustainable aviation fuels industry. Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development Steven Miles said a roundtable was held on Friday (25 November) bringing together key industry players to launch a pathway for Queensland to capitalise on the global shift to green jet fuels. "With the world moving into a low emissions future, there has been an explosion in demand for low carbon aviation fuel," Mr Miles s

Wed 30 Nov 2022

Lendlease among first in Australia to unlock fossil fuel-free construction

One of Australia’s first ever cranes to be powered by 100 per cent renewable diesel has recently taken to the sky on the NSW Government’s Powerhouse Parramatta project, marking a critical transition towards fossil fuel-free construction.

Mon 21 Nov 2022

Get Aussie green jet-fuel onto the runway soon or miss out, govt told

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt | The Albanese government has just one year to get behind a domestic green aviation fuel industry or else risk it heading offshore, Qantas and other industry players have warned.

Thu 17 Nov 2022

BIOGEST receives €20m investment from Eiffel Investment Group to accelerate its global growth strategy

Vienna, Austria / Paris, France: BIOGEST receives growth capital from Eiffel Gaz Vert for a 25% minority stake. Eiffel Gaz Vert finances the ambitious development of the BIOGEST Group and the plants to be developed, built, or operated by BIOGEST.

Tue 15 Nov 2022

Australia Post, Woodside Energy to offset carbon footprint through sustainable aviation fuel investment

Five of Australia’s biggest companies will pay a premium to offset the cost of their air travel through investing in sustainable aviation fuel rather than traditional carbon offsetting programs.

Fri 11 Nov 2022

Plan to bring renewable gas to Goulburn Murray a win for Indigenous economy

A collaboration between a First Nations entrepreneur and a clean energy company is aiming to bring renewable gas to northern Victoria while stimulating the local Indigenous economy.

Wed 02 Nov 2022

Anaergia Wins European Biogas Association's Biogas Groundbreaker Award for 2022

Anaergia announced it has received the Biogas Groundbreaker Award for 2022 from the European Biogas Association. The award recognizes the Company’s growth and dedication to research activities as well as its ambition to accelerate biogas production at scale in Europe and across the world. The award was presented at a ceremony in Brussels, Belgium last week.

Tue 01 Nov 2022

Why Queensland sugar cane can be the ‘Exxon of biofuels’

In the battle to supply the carbon-neutral aviation fuel of the future, American entrepreneur Karl Seck reckons Queensland’s sugar cane industry has one big advantage over the vast cornfields of North America.

Tue 01 Nov 2022

Qantas boss Alan Joyce challenges government to invest in sustainable aviation

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has challenged the government to invest in sustainable aviation fuel production or risk missing the chance to become market leaders in the industry’s ticket to a carbon-neutral future.

Thu 27 Oct 2022