Queensland sugar-waste biofuels project wins state funding
A sugar-waste biofuels project has secured AUD1.17m ($928,000) in funding from the Queensland government. North Queensland Bio-Energy (NQBE) plans to use waste from sugar production to generate enough energy to power about 28,000 properties as part of the proposed AUD640m scheme. It will also produce 430,000 tonnes of raw sugar and up to 60 million litres of fuel-grade ethanol each year, creating more than 250 permanent jobs when operational.
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North Queensland Bio-Energy Corporation has hailed a State Government funding commitment as “a breakthrough” for its planned $640 million sugar-based renewable energy project at Ingham. NQBE chairman Robert Carey said the $1.17 million funding stemmed from the Queensland Government’s Bio-futures Industry Development Fund. “It is the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle for the project in […]