- Production facility
Company / lead organisation
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HAMR Energy
Status
- FEED
Location
Portland, Victoria
Fuel / pathway
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SAF and renewable diesel
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Methanol-to-jet (MtJ) using low carbon methanol made from plantation forestry residues and renewable hydrogen via biomass gasification
Capacity / output
About 140 ML/year SAF, from about 300,000 tonnes/year low carbon methanol
Project page:
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Australian Government announcement:
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Funding source & support
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$32 million
ARENA, Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund; $12.5 million plus $19.5 million conditional
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$10 million
Series A: Airbus, Qantas, thyssenkrupp Uhde
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$500,000
Victorian Government Portland Diversification Fund
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In-kind support
South Australian Government site and development support
Estimated investment
$92 million
development and design phase; total build cost not published
Brief description
Two-stage chain across Victoria and South Australia. At Portland, around 600,000 tonnes a year of Green Triangle plantation forestry residues plus renewable hydrogen produce about 300,000 tonnes of low carbon methanol, using thyssenkrupp Uhde’s PRENFLO gasification and uhde green methanol technologies. That methanol is converted at Gillman into around 140 million litres of SAF a year, plus renewable diesel, using Honeywell UOP technology, or can be sold directly as shipping fuel. Supply agreements with OneFortyOne and other Green Triangle forestry firms cover more than 100% of required input. Pre-FEED at Portland completed August 2025.