Biodiesel in Australia, Australian Bio-diesel, Biofuels Trends - Reference & Resources

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Biodiesel in Australia

This section contains resources for Biodiesel status and trends in Australia. Do let us know (narsi at esource dot in) if you have a resource that fits in this section.

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·         Comparison of Transport Fuels – from Govt of Australia (PDF)

·         Biodiesel Association of Australia

·         BE Bio-energy, Victoria, Australia

 Australia's First Biodiesel Fleet - by Rodney Ingersoll - Newcastle has attracted attention to biofuels by painting big bright yellow sunflowers and the words "Flower Power" on the sides of ten garbage trucks. Recently, the Newcastle city council became more involved in climate change-related issues and launched Australia's first biodiesel fleet. Read the full report from here @ Rocky Mountain Institute

 

Australia Category Archives @ Biodiesel & Ethanol Investing Blog

 

Biodiesel section @ Urban Ecology, Australia

 

ABG Biodiesel Australia - ABG is a commercial manufacturer of biodiesel fuel and a supplier of proprietary biodiesel production technology to licensee partners.

 

All about Biodiesel – Department of Agriculture & Food, Western Australia

 

Australia's largest biodiesel refinery - By Adrienne Francis - 29 Nov 2006 - It's the nation's largest biodiesel refinery in the Territory capital of Darwin. The owner, Natural Fuels Australia Limited (NFAL), is hoping to have 800 million litres under production by the start of 2008. NFAL is half owned by Natural Fuel Limited and the Australian listed engineering firm Babcock and Brown. The refinery has cost $48 million to construct and is expected to produce in excess of 140 million litres per year from 123,000 tonnes of palm oil. Read the full report from here @ ABC, Australia

Australian biodiesel industry struggles with tax reform - Australia’s biodiesel industry, still in its infancy, needs more favorable policy settings to grow, according to Bob Gordon, executive director of Renewable Fuels Australia. The industry is still reeling after a tax reform law passed in June. “The industry was caught by surprise by the impact of that, potentially on the capacity of biodiesel to enter into the petroleum fuel market,” he told Biodiesel Magazine.

 

Biodiesel Association of Australia – Details are provided on how/ why/ where the biodiesels are made…

 

Australia's largest biodiesel refinery. 29 Nov 2006. Rural Online. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Australia's largest biodiesel refinery

 

Australia - BioenergyWiki - Information about biofuels and bioenergy in Australia.

 

Biodiesel in Australia - This report has been developed with the support of the Victorian Government through the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE). It draws on research undertaken by ICLEI Oceania between September 2006 and June 2007 with the cooperation of 50 Australian local governments and several industry stakeholders.

 

BioDiesel in Australia - Bio Diesel, Biodiesel, and B100 - We buy BioDiesel from around the world to be able to bring awareness of BioDiesel to the mining and transport industries here in Australia through assisting with their bio diesel blend...

The Future of Biodiesel for Local Governments in Australia - This research suggests that as oil costs and greenhouse mitigation concerns continue to increase, biodiesel will likely play a more prominent future role in Victoria and Australia-wide within local government fleets and in the community.

 

Biodiesel causing insurance problems in Australia - All over the world, biofuels are being heralded as a solution to many of the problems of the 20th century. Well, the fuels have got problems as well and Australian insurance agents may put the breaks on the rapid biofuel expansion in that country because of those problems.

 

Australia: Palm oil furore could stymie green fuel plan - THE rush to replace carbon-emitting petroleum with "clean green" biofuels is threatening to stall in the face of rising food prices, Federal Government disincentives and growing opposition from environmental groups sounding the alarm about large-scale deforestation to support fuel crops.

 

Green Car Congress: Australian Biodiesel Group Opens Australia’s Largest Biodiesel Plant; May Expand to North America - Australian Biodiesel Group (ABG) Limited announced the official opening of the nation’s largest biodiesel production facility at Narangba, outside Brisbane. The plant has an annual capacity of 160 million liters (42.3 million gallons US).

 

Australian Government policy on palm oil a ‘car crash’ - October 9, 2007 (theage.com.au) - Conservation group the Humane Society International (HSI) says a new federal government move to check sources of palm oil importations has focused attention on a burgeoning deforestation problem in tropical countries

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