Australia

Bioenergy and bioeconomy topics gain importance in Australia and New Zealand but also in some countries of Oceania. The potential of residues such as woody biomass, wheat straw, sugar cane (processing) residues, municipal biowaste, slurry and manure is huge. However, the single most important fuel (in Australia) is bagasse for co-generation. In some countries, biomethane and biodiesel out of (micro-)algae is starting to play a role. In general, the sector is still relatively small which is often mainly due to logistics and large distances.