
Converting industrial waste to valuable products has big benefits
01/01/2017 - 31/12/2021
Advance Queensland Fellowship - Transforming Queensland agricultural and petroleum waste products into biochemicals and advanced composites

Estimation of the availability of Australian sourced biomass
01/01/2016 - 31/12/2017
Southern Oil Refining (SOR)
The project provides a detailed assessment of potential biomass availability in the Queensland region

Demonstration of the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute ‘trash to bioplastics’ process at the Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant
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.

Developing sweet sorghum varieties for biorefinery applications
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.

Wastes to Profits
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.

Mercurius Australia
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.

Agave and sugarcane: integrated bioindustries
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.

Biorefineries for Profit
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.

Biogas from Sugarcane
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.

Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant
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.

Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment
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.

Biomanufacturing Advanced Animal Feed Supplements
01/01/2016 - Ongoing
The project will establish a unique lab-to-market platform that will integrate key capabilities and facilities from each partner.

Hybrid Biorefineries
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.

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.
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).