Australia funds Queensland study to produce aviation fuel from sugarcane waste


FILE PHOTO: Australia's Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen deliveres a statement during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024. - Photo: Reuters file

CANBERRA: The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide A$8 million (US$5 million) to technology firm Licella for a study on a biorefinery in Queensland to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the Brisbane Airport.

The project would located at the Isis Central Sugar Mill which will provide the sugar mill waste feedstock, the energy and transport ministries said in a joint statement without providing a production figure or timeline.

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