In Australia, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $6.2 million in funding to Jet Zero Australia to advance sustainable aviation fuel production in Townsville. The next stage of engineering activities for Jet Zero Australia’s project will include a front-end engineering design (FEED) study to determine the viability of its commercial scale alcohol-to-jet low carbon liquid fuel (LCLF) production facility and progress towards a final investment decision. ARENA CEO Darren Miller said: “With abundant feedstocks and vast renewable energy resources, Australia is well placed to produce the sustainable aviation fuels we need, right here at home.” “ARENA is funding Jet Zero Australia to investigate producing sustainable aviation fuel in Queensland to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions,” he added. Jet Zero Australia has formed a consortium of partners and investors to support delivery of the project, including Qantas, Airbus and Idemitsu Kosan. Jet Zero Australia’s Townsville production facility would be capable of converting ethanol into approximately 100 million liters of SAF per year.
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