MEDIA RELEASE: Strategic Partnership: LMS Energy and Helmont Energy aim to transform Australia’s  bioenergy sector

Leading bioenergy companies co-invest to accelerate Australia’s bioenergy transformation, creating 
carbon abatement and circular economy outcomes from agricultural feedstocks

LMS Energy (LMS) and Helmont Energy (Helmont) have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at 
accelerating Australia’s bioenergy transformation. As Australia’s leading bioenergy company, LMS’
50% investment in Helmont, an emerging bioenergy business, will accelerate Helmont’s growth and 
enable continued focus on developing projects that use agricultural feedstocks to generate 
renewable energy and abate carbon emissions across the agricultural sector. The investment 
provides Helmont available capital to develop its portfolio of development projects, including
energy-from-waste projects using anaerobic digestion and biomethane grid injection technology.

With the recent release of the Federal Government’s Bioenergy Roadmap identifying vast 
opportunities to create bioenergy from agricultural resources, and a shared commitment to 
sustainable energy production from bioenergy resources, this partnership leverages the collective 
resources and extensive expertise of two leading companies to develop projects across the 
expanding bioenergy industry.

Since its establishment in 2020, Helmont has been a key influencer in shaping this industry, including 
new policy that will support bioenergy that can decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors of the Australian 
economy. By converting millions of tonnes of organic agricultural waste generated each year into 
renewable energy, Helmont is able to reduce carbon emissions from the agricultural sector while 
creating value for farmers and agri-food businesses, which supports long term regional 
development.

“In the agricultural sector alone, more than 1000PJ p.a. of bioenergy resources are available. This 
represents more than 4 times the amount of bioenergy currently produced in Australia and the 
opportunities to turn this into renewable energy and contribute to the circular economy are only 
just emerging,” said Helmont’s Managing Director, Mark Jonker.

“This new partnership with LMS provides us with the opportunity to leverage their position as a 
leading bioenergy provider and Australia’s largest carbon abatement company to grow our business 
in build, own and operate projects in the agriculture sector and explore carbon abatement projects 
in the heavy transport, gas and mining sectors.”

LMS’ General Manager, Matthew Falzon, said that “the investment in Helmont recognised the 
emerging opportunities presented by agricultural feedstocks, enabling LMS to expand its leadership 
in the bioenergy market and promote our commitment to a circular economy.”

“LMS has four decades of experience in bioenergy, owning and operating 50+ biogas facilities across 
Australia. Our decision to invest in Helmont evolved from a shared commitment to bioenergy 
innovation and carbon abatement, with both companies seeking to utilise organic resources to 
reduce emissions and power the circular economy. The LMS Team is thrilled with this investment, 
which will provide improved value to new and existing customers for both companies through our 
complementary capabilities” he said.

The partnership enables the companies to deliver on their long-term commitment to decarbonising 
the Australian economy and making a material contribution to Australia’s journey to net zero by 
2050.

For more information please contact:

Helmont Energy
Mark Jonker
mark@helmontenergy.com

LMS Energy
Matthew Falzon
matthew.falzon@lms.com.au