Bioenergy Australia and Jemena are excited to host a tour of Australia's first biomethane project injecting into the New South Wales gas network as part of the NSW Bioeconomy Summit.

Jemena and Sydney Water are working together to generate biomethane at the Malabar wastewater treatment plant in South Sydney.

The high quality biomethane gas is being injected into Jemena’s New South Wales gas distribution network – the largest in Australia with around 1.5 million customers.

Initially, the Malabar facility will produce renewable biomethane (by volume) equivalent to the gas usage of approx. 6,300 homes per year with the potential to scale up to around 200TJs each year – equivalent to the natural gas usage of approx. 13,300 NSW homes per year, if put to use in the residential network.

The multi-million dollar project is jointly funded by Jemena and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) who will provide up to $5.9 million in grant funding.

There are three one-hour tour times available on 12 September; 9.15am, 10.30am and 11.45am. 

Due to limited on-site parking we recommend you taxi or park at the adjacent public boat ramp parking area.