State

Policies implemented & facilities

Future plans

Reference

Queensland

· $ 20 million funding to implement Queensland’s Biofutures plan

· A 10-year road map and action plan

· Bunya landfill (1.1 MW)

· Commitment to become Asia-Pacific hub for biofutures industry

· Vision for a $ 1 billion industrial biotechnology and bioproducts sector by 2026

Queensland Government [23] ,

Clean Energy Council [24]

New South Wales

· EarthPower technologies, Australia’s first AD facility that converts food waste to biogas (3.9 MW capacity)

· Lucas Heights bioenergy power stations that utilise landfill CH₄ gas (21.5 MW capacity)

· 8 of Sydney Wastewater treatment plants have the technology to convert CH₄ into electricity

· Moxey Farms Waste-to-Energy Project (3.1 MW)

· Lidcombe Brewery Biogas co-generation (2.0 MW)

· Funding of the Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment (ABBA) to stimulate investment into the renewable energy sector

NSW Government [25] ,

Clean Energy Council [24]

Victoria

· $ 700,000 in grant funding via Bioenergy Infrastructure Fund

· The expansion of the bioenergy sector

Sustainability Victoria [8] ,

Victoria State Government [26]

South Australia

· $ 150 million Renewable Technology Fund

· Commissioning of Jacobs Group in March 2015 for the analysis of bioenergy potential

· Bioenergy roadmap for South Australia

Renewables SA [27] ,

Government of South Australia [28]