In Queensland , Queensland premier Anna Palaszczuk , announced that a $ 16 m advanced biofuels pilot plant will be built at Gladstone , Gladstone . If successful , the next step will be to build Australia ’s first commercial refinery , costing $ 150 ##m and producing 200 m litres of advanced fuel for military aviation and marine . Already Queenland ports are used in training exercises for the US Navy and would be a logical region to produce the fuels for helicopters, planes and vessels. The plant is to be operational later this year , processing sugarcane bagasse and prickly acacia feedstock into bio crude oil , purifying further into kerosene and other products . The expectation over the next 3yrs is to produce 1 m litres of fuel for the US and UK Navies as part of the Global Green Fleet initiative .
In Queensland , Queensland premier Anna Palaszczuk , announced that a $ 16 m advanced biofuels pilot plant will be built at Gladstone , Gladstone . If successful , the next step will be to build Australia ’s first commercial refinery , costing $ 150 ##m and producing 200 m litres of advanced fuel for military aviation and marine . The plant is to be operational later this year , processing sugarcane bagasse and prickly acacia feedstock into bio crude oil , purifying further into kerosene and other products . The expectation over the next 3yrs is to produce 1 m litres of fuel for the US and UK Navies as part of the Global Green Fleet initiative .