Waste not, want not: Bioenergy's economic bonanza

Organic waste, ranging from household garbage to crushed sugar cane, creates as much renewable energy in Australia as wind and solar combined, a little-known fact that the bioenergy industry believes should be shouted from rooftops.
Thu 13 Oct 2022

Dametto to introduce biofuel bill

More clean, “green” fuel would be produced in Australia if Katter’s Australian Party Deputy Leader and Hinchinbrook MP, Nick Dametto gets his way, as he plans to introduce his Liquid Fuel Supply (Minimum Biobased Petrol Content) Amendment Bill 2022 into the Queensland Parliament this week.
Mon 10 Oct 2022

Australia post commits to net zero emissions by 2050

The commitment is contained in Aus Post’s 2025 Sustainability Roadmap released on last Wednesday. The document outlines a range of targets around emissions, renewable energy, sustainable packaging, landfill reductions and social procurement.
Sun 09 Oct 2022

Bioenergy Project

The state government has announced a bioenergy project at a farm in Gippsland as part of new energy storage target that it says will power about half of Victoria’s homes at their peak energy use.
Thu 06 Oct 2022

Irrelevant to global decarbonisation? No, Australia’s crucial to it

The Coalition spent over a decade coaching Australia into a state of learnt helplessness over any action on climate change. One of its most effective arguments was that Australia emitted only 1 per cent of all global greenhouse gases, so even if it eliminated all of them it wouldn’t make a jot of difference. What was the point of trying?
Tue 04 Oct 2022

THAT'S A WRAP - Renewable Gas Meets Parliament

Earlier this week the renewable gas industry embarked on a journey to Canberra to convince our Federal Members, Senators, and Departmental officials of the need to support the deployment of Biomethane in Australia.
Wed 07 Sep 2022

Picking winners could be a loosing game

Although usage of biomethane and renewable hydrogen gas is still relatively low across Australia, industry proponents point to the massive role these gases can play in the nation’s energy future.
Fri 15 Jul 2022

Decarbonisation is a gradual process

There is broad agreement within Australia’s industrial sector that renewable gas has a role to play in the nation’s decarbonisation process.
Thu 14 Jul 2022

Being hydrogen-ready is the big question

While the nation’s energy transition road map continues to inflame discussion from all sides there’s no doubt Australia is “experiencing a complex, rapid and irreversible energy transformation”, as Australian Energy Market Operator Chief Executive Daniel Westerman said last month when he launched the 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP), outlining a 30-year road map of investments for the National Electricity Market (NEM).
Thu 14 Jul 2022

Australia must look at global examples for the use of gas

One of the great challenges Australia’s renewable gas industry and especially biomethane must confront is it’s still partly thought of as being part of the “nuts and berries fringe” of the energy sector and a lot of small players will dabble in it but not much else, says the chief executive of Bioenergy Australia, Shahana McKenzie.
Thu 14 Jul 2022

Energy debate searching for middle ground

The Australian Financial Review co-hosted the recent Energy Solutions roundtable with Jemena and Australian Gas Networks on how the nation can speed up our energy transition.
Thu 14 Jul 2022