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Biogas: smells like a solution to our energy and waste problems
The Western Treatment Plant in Werribee, Victoria, largely powers itself using biogas – a by-product of sewage treatment. Jason Patrick Ross/ShutterstockCould what we flush down the toilet be used to...
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Bioenergy: making money, and clean energy
A biogas plant in Queensland. NH Foods Oakey Beef Exports, Author providedThe government’s draft direction this week to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in “emerging” clean energy over...
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Australian communities are fighting food waste with circular economies
Millions of tonnes of food go into landfill each year. Food waste image from www.shutterstock.comAround 4 million tonnes of food reaches landfill in Australia each year. This forms part of Australia’s...
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Explainer: how much landfill does Australia have?
A compactor at work on Australian landfill.via Wikimedia commonsSince Australia stopped incinerating rubbish in the middle of the 20th century, most of our solid waste has ended up in landfill. Some 20...
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Capturing the true wealth of Australia’s waste
Methane is produced in landfill when organic waste decomposes. ShutterstockOne of the byproducts of landfill is “landfill gas”, a mixture of mostly methane and carbon dioxide generated by decomposing...
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Forget turning straw into gold, farmers can turn trash into energy
Mention agriculture to many Australians and it conjures up images of mobs of cattle in the dusty outback, or harvesters gobbling up expanses of golden wheat. In reality, much of our high-value...
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How biomethane can help turn gas into a renewable energy source
Are there greener pastures ahead for gas?Shutterstock.comAustralia’s report card on reducing its greenhouse gas emissions is not exactly glowing, but there are ample opportunities to get it on track...
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Not just hot air: turning Sydney's wastewater into green gas could be a...
ShutterstockBiomethane technology is no longer on the backburner in Australia after an announcement this week that gas from Sydney’s Malabar wastewater plant will be used to power up to 24,000...
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At long last, Australia has a bioenergy roadmap – and its findings are startling
ShutterstockUsing organic waste to make energy – think sewage, animal and crop residues, and leftover wood – has finally been put under the spotlight with last week’s release of Australia’s first...
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