Located on the corner of Airport Drive and Francis Briggs Road and open to the public, the site will have 24 charging bays with 150kW and 300kW chargers, as well as two accessible bays, a bathroom, a canopy, and drive-through bays for larger vehicles.
Speaking at the Renewable Fuels Summit in Sydney on Thursday, Scott Charlton said NSW has “no refining capability” for jet fuel despite Sydney Airport alone accounting for around 40 per cent of Australia’s aviation fuel use, or around nine million litres per day.
Touted as the first of its kind in Australia, the plant will convert low-carbon methanol from forestry residues and hydrogen into SAF. It comes after HAMR secured funding from Qantas and Airbus for a Victorian project to create the methanol supply.
Dr Kimberly Camrass is currently Head of Sustainability for Asia Pacific and India at Boeing, where she leads regional aviation decarbonisation efforts, including sustainable aviation fuel advocacy, policy development and cross-sector partnerships.
The NZ carrier’s demonstrator battery-electric BETA ALIA CX300, N401NZ, completed 100 flights totalling 13,000 kilometres over the course of the testing period, visiting 12 airports and aerodromes across the country. Two Air New Zealand pilots and eight BETA Technologies pilots participated.
The investment in low-carbon fuel company HAMR Energy's Portland Renewable Fuels (PRF) project points to the major aviation companies' commitment to working towards sustainable aviation practices.