Owner Driver – August 2019

96 AUGUST 2019 ownerdriver.com.au

Biodiesel plant to boost fuel security

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produced biodiesel delivers in terms of boosting

national fuel security.

At Just Biodiesel’s plant in Barnawartha, the base

feedstock is tallow derived from animal rendering,

some of which is produced by a third-party supplier

located within the boundaries of the biodiesel plant.

Used cooking oil collected from restaurants around

Australia can also be used in the fuel’s manufacture.

The Just Biodiesel plant will begin exporting

renewable fuel in August to California and European

Union customers, to markets with high demand for

this fuel.

Speaking at the launch of the plant in July, Dr

John Hewson, chairman of Bioenergy Australia says

biodiesel manufacturing in Australia had been

reborn. He also said that producing biodiesel locally

can play an important role in shoring up Australia’s

fuel security.

“Just Biodiesel is setting an example of what can be

done. The business community is moving ahead so we

can make the transition to a low carbon society by the

middle of this century, which is an imperative.

“The government has no fuel security strategy. We

have 21 days of fuel and we have the distinction of

having the dirtiest petrol in the OECD. This is a sad

situation, we are very exposed, so it is not surprising

that others have decided we have to get on and create

fuel from alternative sources,” Dr Hewson says.

The Barnawartha plant operated by Just Biodiesel

has re-employed 11 of the original staff from the

facility (which was closed in 2016) and is on track to

add a further five jobs.

SCANIA AUSTRALIA has announced that

its customers will soon be able to run their

trucks on B100 biodiesel produced at the

recommissioned manufacturing plant in

Barnawartha, Victoria.

Owned and operated by Just Biodiesel, up to 50

million litres of fuel per year, made from locally

sourced animal waste and waste vegetable oil

feedstocks can be produced, in either pure B100

biodiesel or as a B20 blend.

Scania points out that all its Euro 5 trucks can

operate on B100 if specified for it at the factory.

Scania adds that hose not factory-specified for

B100 can be converted at minimal cost, during a

short visit to a Scania workshop.

Scania Australia says it is offering five engine

applications from 320hp to 580hp (238kW to

433kW) in the Euro 6 range that can operate

on B100. It adds that one of the key biodiesel

benefits is an up to 83 per cent reduction in

carbon emissions well-to-wheel (in the case

of B100), as well as the advantage that locally-