Major A$700 million Queensland biofuel project stalled due to land clearing freeze

In Australia, the planned A$700 million Pentland Bio-Energy Project has been sidelined by a new policy put in place by the Queensland government that has stalled land clearing around the state. The project would clear 15,000ha to grow irrigated sorghum and sugarcane for biofuel production and is supported by the federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The fuel would be sold a major company and traded through Singapore but the project is now on hold.