The Top 10 Australian Bioeconomy stories of 2016

#7: First Australian biorefinery for renewable diesel, jet fuel

Last week, we reported that the country’s first biorefinery capable of producing renewable diesel and jet fuels from plant material could become a reality in Queensland with support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. ARENA is providing A$2.4 million in funding support for Southern Oil Refining to develop and construct a state-of-the-art biocrude and biofuel laboratory in Yarwun, near Gladstone in Queensland. The project will inform the feasibility and design of a proposed commercial-scale biorefinery. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht said there was clear potential for biofuel production and refining in Australia.