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Delighted for our friends at Yurringa Energy & their massive strides in becoming Australia’s first indigenous owned energy retailer! This is indeed a big deal & our sincere congratulations to Daniel Briggs & Shane Wilkins for all their hard work, vision & persistence. Next stop: the Goulburn Murray Woka Yurringa project! 💪🤩

Small albeit important steps & a big effort by all involved - thank you! 🙏 #rng #biomethane #valorify

In thinking about the green transition, it pays to have a diverse range of solutions that match sources of energy, to uses of energy, just as we have in the past. In the case of bioenergy, we also happen to have a solution for managing organic waste 'built in' - it's worthwhile to electrify quite a bit, but not everything and its critically important to hear the voices of industry talking about what this means for them!

Let’s be clear - biomethane is a ‘quick win’; hydrogen is going to take a bit longer! Nevertheless we need both & contrary to the misinformation being pushed by the Climate Council, the opportunity is significant, meaningful & represents an important contribution to the energy transition, while making use of embedded infrastructure. It’s a massive & growing sector overseas - what do we think we know that everyone else is missing?! In addition to food waste & manure which is indeed inherently limited in Australia, there is a vast array of agricultural waste that simply gets torched in the paddock or is left to break down in the environment. It’s time to get on board & make biomethane a part of the story - do we think uncontrolled combustion, flaring & fugitive methane is a better outcome? What better option to make use of and treat such waste, when we are facing a gas shortage & industry desperately needs to decarbonise? #biomethane #rng #valorify https://lnkd.in/gEpBMTCB

ICMYI: Utility-scale biomethane is gaining momentum in Australia! What we need now is clear and consistent policy, and the right incentives to accelerate development and encourage customer take up in the industrial market. #rng #biomethane #biogas

Delighted to be so actively engaged with the team at Jemena, who are working hard to bring scalable biomethane to the market & have already got some serious runs on the board! While biomethane-to-grid is 'standard practice' in many other countries around the world, it is still in its infancy here and we need creative problem solving and persistence to unlock this solution in Australia - let's do this! #valorify #jemena #rng #biomethane #biogas

Jemena and Valorify Advance Renewable Gas Sector with MOU - A new biomethane plant that utilises agricultural waste is slated for regional New South Wales - Up to 4 petajoules of biomethane could be produced – equivalent to over 6 per cent of current industrial gas demand - ARENA’s Bioenergy Roadmap found a biogas industry could reduce Australia’s carbon emissions by 9 per cent Australia’s burgeoning biogas sector has today taken a significant step forward with leading energy infrastructure company Jemena and Melbourne-based utility-scale biogas developer, Valorify, proudly announcing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). As part of the MOU Jemena will assess the feasibility of injecting biomethane produced by Valorify into the New South Wales gas distribution network – which is currently connected to over 1.5 million homes and businesses. Click the link below to read the full release https://lnkd.in/gYzYRazi

The Irish are ‘all over it’ in putting farmers front & centre in relation to the nutrient cycle, & in valorising waste more responsibly as part of a comprehensive drive to work towards net zero! #biomethane #rng #valorify

Stubble management on farm is a somewhat complex issue and varies enormously based on weather, growing region, crop type, farmer preference, harvesting and sowing technique, seasonality and topography, to name a few variables, notwithstanding the interplay between all of these. One thing's for sure - retention of at least some stubble on farm offers many benefits, including maintenance of soil structure and improving moisture retention, for instance, and we're all for it! Valorify also acknowledges that this requirement varies across the country and inevitably varies over time too. Equally, we see that there is also substantial excess stubble available in many seasons and cropping catchments, and various opportunities to look at ways to harness this resource in a more productive way, without negatively impacting on the health or productivity of the soil. Coupled with a 'Circular Economy' orientation that aims to recirculate nutrients, minerals and residual carbon as a biofertiliser back into the farming catchment, the broader 'closed loop' solution presented by our biogas platform can actually help to build soil and increase crop yields, while displacing inorganic fertiliser consumption and generating abatement credits for farmers to bank or trade. Blending with #biochar and other soil enhancements could help to stabilise soil carbon and build water holding capacity too, while diversifying farm incomes and stimulating regional development. For these reasons, while we continue to pursue our goal of unlocking utility-scale biogas technology in Australia based on valorisation of agroforestry residues, we will continue to invest and undertake parallel work with our R&D partners to benchmark and close the knowledge gap wherever we can, to ensure we continue to deliver a positive outcome for our farming communities. #valorify #biogas #biomethane #biofertiliser #rng #biochar

It’s wonderful to see a practical, commercial and measured approach to the evolution of renewable gas in Australia by Jemena starting with biomethane as the ‘low hanging fruit’. This is about targeting the lowest cost energy transition & embracing a systems approach to decarbonisation that makes full use of all the options and infrastructure we already have in place - if it can be done in such large quantities overseas, why not here?