With huge amounts of greenhouse gas being pumped into our atmosphere, the threat of global warming and the steadily rising price of petrol, now more than ever, Western Australia needs a renewable, greenhouse friendly fuel made from Western Australian natural resources.

Western Australian wheat can be used to produce renewable, fuel grade ethanol, which can be blended with petrol to create a fuel which reduces greenhouse gas emissions and provides a domestic market for Western Australian wheat.

Primary Energy Pty Limited proposes to establish an Ethanol Bio-Refinery in the Kwinana Industrial Area, south of Fremantle in Western Australia. The proposed facility will use Western Australian wheat to produce up to 160 million litres of fuel grade ethanol per year, which could reduce net greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector by 400,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. The Bio-Refinery will also produce a number of other products, namely:

1. Fertiliser;
2. Aqueous ammonia; and
3. Green electricity

Umwelt (Australia) Pty Limited (Umwelt) is in the process of preparing environmental documentation for the project, to be submitted to the Western Australian Environment Protection Authority and the Department of Environment in June 2006.

This website provides information on Primary Energy, the Kwinana Ethanol Bio-Refinery proposal and opportunities for community input into the proposal as a part of the community consultation program being undertaken by Umwelt.