Bioenergy-news
APR 17, 2023
Synopsis
Renergi has built a $10.4m biomass conversion plant in
Western Australia that converts household rubbish and biomass into commercially
viable bio-char, bio-oil, and wood vinegar. The plant uses patented design and
technology from Renergi, incubated by Curtin University. The project is a clean
way of converting biomass and municipal solid wastes into valuable products and
is the first of its kind. The plant has received significant support from the
Western Australia and Commonwealth governments and created up to 12 full-time
jobs. It is an example of how all levels of government can work together to
create jobs in regional communities as the world decarbonizes.
Renewable energy technology firm Renergi has completed the
construction of a $10.4 million (€6.3m) biomass conversion plant in Western
Australia (WA).
The Collie Resource Recovery Centre will see household
rubbish and biomass converted into useful products, including commercially
viable bio-char, bio-oil and wood vinegar.
The plant, which was built using a patented design and uses
technology developed in WA by Renergi, is the first of its kind and positions
Collie as a pioneer in the negative-emission bio-based circular economy.
Renergi and its technology were incubated at Curtin
University by an engineering team led by Professor Chun-Zhu Li.
With the potential to revolutionise the way waste is
managed, the project is demonstrative of a possible clean way of converting
biomass and municipal solid wastes into valuable products.
The project was developed in partnership with the Shire of
Collie, and has received significant support from the Western Australia and
Commonwealth governments.
Renergi also attracted investment from a private consortium
to develop the project.
Up to 12 full-time jobs will be created to support the operation
of the facility, which is co-located with the Shire of Collie's landfill site.
Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen said: "The world's
climate emergency is regional Australia's jobs opportunity and this
ARENA-backed project is an excellent example.
"Renergi is laying the foundations for a new bioenergy
industry that will ensure Collie seizes the opportunities of our nation's
energy transformation.
"This project demonstrates how all levels of Government
– Federal, State and local – can work collaboratively to create jobs in our
regional communities as the world decarbonises."
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