News - Bioenergy Australia

Viva Energy to turn waste into fuels and recycled plastics at Geelong Refinery

Viva Energy today announced plans to build infrastructure which will enable its refinery at Geelong to receive and process feedstocks such as used cooking oil, animal fats and synthetic crude made from waste plastics which would otherwise find their way into landfill.

Tue 23 May 2023

Qld’s green jet fuel industry set to soar with Qantas partnership

The Palaszczuk Government has joined forces with airline giant Qantas to get Queensland’s vision to be an Asia-Pacific green jet fuel hub on the runway.

Tue 23 May 2023

Labor must focus on decarbonising liquid fuel sector: Shahana McKenzie

Bioenergy Australia CEO Shahana McKenzie says the government needed to do “quite a bit of catch-up” on energy policy when they came into power but now must focus on decarbonising liquid fuels.

Mon 22 May 2023

Renewable fuel to add $10bn a year in decarbonisation push

The nation will face energy insecurity and miss out on $10bn a year if the federal government fails to develop a renewable fuels sector to bolster its push towards decarbonisation.

Mon 22 May 2023

Biofuels the 'missing puzzle piece' to hit climate targets

Australia needs to substitute ethanol in fuel and offer significant tax breaks on renewable fuels if it wants to reach its international climate targets, including net zero carbon emissions by 2050, a new report says.

Mon 22 May 2023

Media Release: Transitioning Australia’s Liquid Fuel Sector: The Role of Renewable Fuels

Australia will be exposed to environmental, economic and energy security risks if governments fail to foster a domestic renewable fuels sector. That is the alarming assessment of a new report commissioned by Bioenergy Australia - Transitioning Australia’s Liquid Fuel Sector: The Role of Renewable Fuels.

Mon 22 May 2023

Media Release: Strategy to grow six new industries powering Qld’s net zero future

Queensland is set to capitalise on a new wave of economic growth under a Palaszczuk Government plan to develop industries that will be in hot demand in a decarbonising world.

Fri 19 May 2023

2023-24 Budget – Energy and Climate Highlights

It was fantastic to see the commitment by the Federal Government to driving Australia's climate action in the 2023-24 Budget announced yesterday.

Wed 10 May 2023

Sustainable aviation fuel made from alcohol to be produced in north Queensland

What could be Australia's first foray into an environmentally cleaner aviation fuel source could be up and running by 2026.

Mon 08 May 2023

National Net Zero Authority has the potential to boost bioenergy

Bioenergy Australia welcomes the Albanese Government’s move to legislate a national Net Zero Authority.

Mon 08 May 2023

Media Release: National Net Zero Authority

The Albanese Government will legislate a national Net Zero Authority to ensure the workers, industries and communities that have powered Australia for generations can seize the opportunities of Australia’s net zero transformation.

Fri 05 May 2023

Anaergia AD plant to supply Toyota facility

Anaergia Inc. has announced today that its subsidiary SoCal Biomethane LLC, Victorville, California, will supply renewable natural gas (RNG) made from food waste and municipal wastewater to the Toyota Motor North America Inc.’s (TMNA) Logistics Services Center at the Port of Long Beach in California.

Fri 05 May 2023

Anaergia to provide PepsiCo with waste-to-biogas solution in South Africa

Anaergia has secured a contract to provide its technologies, engineering and process design for a new facility that will convert food processing waste into renewable energy at PepsiCo’s Simba Chips plant in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Thu 04 May 2023

Renewable Gas Alliance welcomes the release of new RACE for 2030 report

The Renewable Gas Alliance welcomes the release of the RACE for 2030 report into the opportunity of anaerobic digestion for electricity, transport and gas.

Tue 02 May 2023

Gaia’s biodigester to assist AgVic’s Ellinbank research farm to become the world’s first carbon-neutral grazing-based farm

Gaia EnviroTech has been awarded a tender from the Victorian Government to install cutting-edge Anaerobic Digestion (AD) technology and deliver related services at the Ellinbank SmartFarm in Gippsland, Victoria.

Thu 27 Apr 2023

Queensland biofuel refinery to turn agricultural by-products into sustainable aviation fuel

Agricultural by-products including sugarcane will be turned into jet fuel through investment from the Qantas Group, Airbus and the Queensland Government, at a Queensland biofuel production facility being developed by Jet Zero Australia in partnership with leading sustainable aviation fuel technology company LanzaJet.

Thu 30 Mar 2023

MEDIA RELEASE: Bioenergy Vision to complement Tasmania's renewables future

While Tasmania is the undoubted national leader in terms of renewable energy generation in the hydro and wind sectors, there is still huge untapped potential in renewable bioenergy.

Tue 28 Mar 2023

SAFAANZ response to Ampol and Eneos partnership

The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Alliance of Australia and New Zealand (SAFAANZ) welcome the joint announcement from Ampol and ENEOS to explore production of advanced biofuels at the Lytton refinery, a deal that could see up to 500 million litres of Sustainable Aviation Fuel and renewable diesel refined every year at the Brisbane facility.

Fri 24 Mar 2023