Projects

01/01/2017 - 31/12/2021

Advance Queensland Fellowship - Transforming Queensland agricultural and petroleum waste products into biochemicals and advanced composites

01/01/2016 - 31/12/2017

Southern Oil Refining (SOR)

The project provides a detailed assessment of potential biomass availability in the Queensland region

09/10/2017 - Ongoing

Mauritius Research Council (MRC)

The project will deliver pilot-scale demonstration of sugarcane trash valorisation into bioplastic at the Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant.

01/01/2017 - 31/12/2018

The Project will assess the agronomic performance of 31 sweet sorghum varieties grown in South-East Queensland and identify which varieties are best suited to specific biorefinery applications.

29/10/2018 - Ongoing

This project is supported by Meat and Livestock Australia through funding from the Australian Government - Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment as part of its Rural R&D for Profit program.

01/01/2017 - Ongoing

The Mercurius Biorefinery Process is based on a novel Renewable Acid-hydrolysis Condensation Hydrotreating (REACH™) technology to produce drop-in hydrocarbons and green chemicals from low value lignocellulosic biomass such as sugarcane bagasse.

01/01/2017 - Ongoing

Potential opportunities exist to build new biofutures industries based on sugar, ethanol, higher value fermentation products and bioenergy from cultivation of Agave grown on lands.

01/05/2016 - Ongoing

The project will establish profitable bioproduct opportunities for Australian primary producers and other participants in the sugar, cotton, forestry, and animal feed industries.

16/04/2016 - Ongoing

The Project aims to develop technologies for the extended integration of bioenergy into the sugarcane production and milling process and potentially eliminate fossil fuel use in one of Australia’s largest agricultural production systems.

01/01/2010 - Ongoing

Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant is a unique facility capable of developing new industrial products and processes with industry partners, for a sustainable biorefining future.

01/07/2015 - Ongoing

The project will enable better links between biomass suppliers and end users, supporting local businesses to get more value from organic material destined for landfill, disposal or other low value uses by improving information access and quality.

01/01/2016 - Ongoing

The project will establish a unique lab-to-market platform that will integrate key capabilities and facilities from each partner.

19/06/2013 - 01/08/2017

This project draws on the collective expertise, background intellectual property (IP), pilot scale infrastructure and industry linkages of ten consortium partners from Australia and India.

01/01/2014 - 31/12/2014

In this project, QUT worked with Asahi Group Holdings to demonstrate the Inversion Process at the QUT Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant (MRBPP).