Media Release: Jet Zero Pongamia Trial
Jet Zero is pleased to announce the establishment of a 10 hectare trial plantation of Pongamia in Powlathanga, Central North Queensland as presented in the flyover video.
Media Release: Unlocking Renewable Natural Gas
A new report released by Bioenergy Australia finds that Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) is emerging as the most affordable and practical solution to looming gas shortages on Australia’s east coast - and a critical pathway to decarbonisation for hard-to-abate sectors.
Verbrec Helps Deliver New Zealand’s First Renewable Gas Flow
Verbrec Ltd (ASX: VBC) is proud to have played a key role in the successful delivery of New Zealand’s first large-scale biogas upgrade project, enabling biomethane, a type of renewable gas to flow for the first time through a Firstgas pipeline in Reporoa.
New Report: Unlocking Australia’s low carbon liquid fuel future
A new report, Refined Ambitions: Australia’s Low Carbon Liquid Fuel Potential, commissioned by the CEFC and prepared by Deloitte, explores how a $36 billion domestic LCLF industry could underpin economic resilience and emissions reduction.
Report outlines blueprint to grow Australia’s bioeconomy
Bioenergy Australia is proud to support the release of a new QUT report that outlines a national blueprint for advancing Australia’s bioeconomy. The report calls for a national strategy and identifies five key steps to unlock a sustainable economic future for Australia.
Plan to manufacture aviation fuel from Australian canola well underway
Australian farmers could soon be fuelling jets with a low-carbon liquid fuel made from canola.
Aviation accounts for about 2.5 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions and is difficult to decarbonise.
A push to replace fossil fuel with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) is raising the prospect of a new market for the Australian-grown oilseed.
Media Release: Australia’s largest import of sustainable aviation fuel lands in Sydney
Qantas, Sydney Airport and Ampol, supported by Qantas’ SAF Coalition partners, have today marked the largest ever commercial importation of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) into Australia, with nearly two million litres of unblended SAF arriving this week. Sustainable Aviation Fuel has the greatest near-term potential to help decarbonise the aviation industry.
Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways expand sustainability commitment with Renewable Developments Australia
Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways have agreed to work together with Renewable Developments Australia (RDA) to become key partners on a project that will set out to deliver a homegrown Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production facility in the Charters Towers Region of North Queensland.
Sojitz Enters Biomethane Production and Sales Business in India
Sojitz Corporation (“Sojitz”) invests in a holding structure of the special purpose company, IOC GPS Renewables Pvt. Ltd. (“IGRPL”) established jointly by GPS Renewables Private Limited. (“GPSR”) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (“IOCL”), the largest state-owned oil company in India, which designs, constructs, operates, and provides maintenance for biomethane plants in India. Through this investment, Sojitz will enter the biomethane production and sales business in India.
Media Release: Jet Zero Australia Executes FEED Agreements to Advance Australia’s First Bioethanol to Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Jet Zero Australia Pty Ltd (Jet Zero) is pleased to announce the execution of a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Contract with Technip Energies and continuation of the Owner’s Engineering Services Contract with Long Energy & Resources (LERA) for Project Ulysses (the Project), a bioethanol to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) project located in Townsville, Australia.
Delorean Secures $6.1m ARENA Grant for Major SA1 Facility Upgrade
Delorean Corporation Ltd ("Delorean" or "the Company") has signed a $6.08 million grant funding agreement with the Australian Government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to enhance its SA1 bioenergy facility, currently under construction in Edinburgh Parks, South Australia.
Joint media release: Low carbon liquid fuels of the Future Made In Australia
The Albanese Government is delivering $250 million to accelerate the pace of Australia’s growing domestic Low Carbon Liquid Fuels (LCLF) industry.
This funding is part of the $1.7 billion Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund and will be provided as grants to support pre-commercial innovation, demonstration and deployment.
IFM Investors, Ampol and GrainCorp welcome further investment in Australian renewable fuels industry from Federal Government
IFM Investors, Ampol and GrainCorp welcome the Federal Government’s announcement today to commit $250 million to low carbon liquid fuels (LCLF) from the $1.7 billion Future Made in Australia Fund.
In July last year, IFM, Ampol and GrainCorp signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the establishment of an integrated renewable fuels supply chain in Australia.
Feeding Australia: Albanese Labor Government's plan to secure our food future
A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will help secure Australia’s food future with the development of a new national food security strategy: Feeding Australia.
The strategy will boost the security and supply chain resilience of agriculture and food production systems in Australia.
Media Release: Rio Tinto renewable diesel trial
Renewable diesel has helped fuel Rio Tinto’s Pilbara iron ore operations for the first time, with the completion of a successful trial of biofuel across its network of Western Australian ports, railways and mines.
Media Release: Licella Secures ARENA Funding for Feasibility of SAF Biorefinery in Queensland
Licella has received an $8 million grant to support its feasibility study for a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) biorefinery in Queensland, which aims to produce approximately 40 million liters of SAF annually, advancing domestic SAF production and enhancing national fuel security.
CEFC welcomes additional $2 billion capital allocation from Australian Government
The CEFC today welcomed an additional $2 billion capital allocation from the Australian Government, to support investment commitments via the CEFC General Portfolio.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen announced the additional allocation on 23 January 2025. The allocation was subsequently approved by the Australian Parliament and received Royal Assent on 14 February 2025.
Let green gas count: 145+ global organisations sign open letter calling for clarity in GHG Protocol
Following the withdrawal of guidance on the use of biomethane certificates in the GHG Protocol, over 145 companies and trade associations from around the world have issued a public joint letter to the governance bodies of the GHG Protocol calling for the key role of market-based instruments to be recognised in the Protocol’s Scope 1 inventory. Their message to the GHG Protocol is simple: Let Green Gas Count.