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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ampol and ENEOS Partner to Explore Advanced Biofuels Production in Queensland
Ampol Limited (Ampol) and ENEOS have today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the production of advanced biofuels at the Lytton refinery in Brisbane, Australia.
Airbus’ most popular aircraft takes to the skies with 100% sustainable aviation fuel
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is a key element for the future reduction of air transportation’s carbon footprint, and Airbus is continuing its testing of this bio-jet fuel with a new VOLCAN flight test campaign using the best-selling A320 Family aircraft.
Japan’s Idemitsu eyes SAF production from pongamia oil
Japanese refiner Idemitsu will explore sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production from pongamia oil in Australia, with support from Australia's Queensland state government.
Terri Butler joins Sustainable Aviation Fuels Alliance of Australia and New Zealand to help fast track the development of SAF
Australia is well placed to reap a substantial economic windfall from the global growth in Sustainable Aviation Fuel, but must act swiftly to catch the pace set by other nations, according to incoming chair of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Alliance Australia and New Zealand, Terri Butler.
Defence support key to green-fuel future
Defence is being urged to commit to a 10 per cent sustainable aviation fuel blend by 2030 to strengthen its independence from foreign fuel supplies and underpin a domestic industry levering off Australia's vast and competitive agricultural sector.
MEDIA RELEASE: CSIRO, Boeing to create roadmap for sustainable skies
Interest and investment is rapidly growing in SAF, biofuel used to power aircraft with a smaller carbon footprint than conventional jet fuel.
The SAF Roadmap, due to be released later this year, aims to build consensus on how to develop Australia’s SAF industry within an Asia-Pacific context.
MEDIA RELEASE: Australia’s first helicopter flight using Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Neste, Airbus, Safran Engines and Microflite, a leading Australian helicopter operator, have jointly operated Australia’s first helicopter flights using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). On this demonstration flight, an Airbus H130 helicopter powered by a Safran Arriel 2D engine used blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied by Neste.