Our Projects and Production

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The Esperance site is the lead node in our Australis Biofuels network across Western Australia, hosting two integrated Renewable.bio businesses under the ARCF banner: Australis Biofuels RG (biomethane) and Australis Biofuels RD (renewable diesel and SAF). Located on 20 hectares of industrial land in the coastal town of Esperance, close to port, infrastructure and biomass resources, the site anchors our broader four-node WA portfolio. 

Esperance's sustainably driven community, established agricultural supply chains and 42,000 km² catchment make it an ideal location to prove our integrated biorefinery model before scaling across the network.

Our feedstock is drawn from WA cereal straw, canola residues and eucalyptus plantation material — the same growers and supply chains that underpin our biomass export business, closing the loop between farming communities and the energy transition.

The site will create over 100 permanent jobs and hundreds of supporting roles across services, suppliers and contractors. We're working closely with the Shire of Esperance and the local community to develop, train and enable local employment across more than 20 years of future work in bioenergy, biofuels and biochemical industries.

Esperance integrates biomass handling and anaerobic digestion for biomethane (Phase 1), followed by a HEFA renewable diesel and SAF refinery (RD overlay) — making it the first purpose-built, fossil-fuel-free renewable diesel facility in Australia. Digestate, ash and biochar are recovered and returned to supplying farms as organic fertiliser blends, closing the nutrient loop that defines the Group's agricultural products revenue stream.

Our team of foresters, contractors and suppliers in Esperance currently produces 150,000 GMT per annum of biomass for export. Biomass production is planned to double every year out to 500,000 GMT of biomass by 2030 Long term sustainable feedstock production and handling is a critical part of Australia's bioenergy future.

 Esperance integrates biomass handling with anaerobic digestion for biomethane (Phase 1) and a HEFA renewable diesel and SAF refinery (RD overlay) — making Esperance the first purpose-built, fossil-fuel-free renewable diesel facility in Australia. Feedstock is drawn from wood residues, straw and other plant-based biomass. Digestate, ash and biochar are recovered and returned to supplying farms as organic fertiliser blends, closing the nutrient loop that defines the Group's agricultural products revenue stream. 

SAF is critical to the decarbonisation of the aviation industry. Due to Australia's remoteness, long haul aviation will remain a key area of transport in Australia's future. SAF is a direct replacement for kerosene, the current main fossil fuel used in aviation. 

Our Australis Biofuels Facility will produce up to 60,000 tonnes per annum of renewable diesel for use in the transport and mining industry.

Biochar produced through a pyrolysis process will be integrated with biofuel and power production. 

Our planned capacity is 100,000 tonnes or biochar per annum developed in a staged approach to meet market demand and process development. 

Biochar production produces valuable co-products such as syngas and bio-chemicals that will be sold to market or used internally in the facility. 

Our Australis Biofuels Facility will be completely powered using renewable energy from our planned 50MW integrated biomass power station. Excess renewable base load electricity will be sold in to the Esperance energy grid or to co-located industrial users.