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 .
In Queensland, state premier Anna Palaszczuk, announced that a $16m advanced biofuels pilot plant will be built at Yarwun, Gladstone. If successful, the next step will be to build Australia’s first commercial refinery, costing $150 million and producing 200m litres of advanced biofuel 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 diesel products. The expectation over the next 3yrs is to produce 1m litres of fuel for the US and Australian Navies as part of the Great Green Fleet initiative.