The Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) and Bioenergy Australia’s Renewable Gas Alliance are pleased to announce the launch of the Renewable Gas Connections Code of Practice.
Shahana McKenzie oversees an eclectic bunch of members at Bioenergy Australia, a peak body seeking sustainable outcomes for hard-to-abate sectors. Qantas, Pepsico Australia, AstraZeneca, Brickworks and BlueScope Steel are just a few of the 300 companies and organisations it is trying to support via campaigns and advocacy.
Qantas has called on the federal government to consider mandates and subsidies for producers of sustainable aviation fuel to get a domestic industry off the ground, saying it could generate $13 billion a year by 2040 and provide a boost for cane farmers.
The Albanese government is being urged to immediately implement strategic policies to stimulate the supply and demand of sustainable aviation fuel in a bid to drive down emissions in the aviation sector.
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 the new report commissioned by Bioenergy Australia, Transitioning Australia’s Liquid Fuel Sector: The Role of Renewable Fuels.
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.
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 Limited (Ampol) and ENEOS have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the production of advanced biofuels at the Lytton refinery in Brisbane, Australia.
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 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.
Australia is in danger of missing an opportunity to add $8 billion a year to our GDP and create an extra 8000 jobs if we don’t move faster to develop a domestic sustainable aviation fuel sector, says the chief executive of Bioenergy Australia, Shahana McKenzie.
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