BP’s $1b+ sustainable aviation fuel plant at the Kwinana oil refinery heads for DAP
BP’s plans to build a green fuel hub on the site of the old Kwinana refinery have been backed by the local government ahead of a development assessment panel review this week.
The energy supermajor wants to build sustainable aviation fuel and green hydrogen plants worth more than $1 billion.
It would be a major move towards a greener energy industry in WA, and the project’s first stage would employ up to 150 people.
The City of Kwinana has recommended the biofuels refinery get the green light ahead of a DAP meeting on Thursday.
The plant will be able to process vegetable oils, animal fats, used cooking oils and other waste products from as early as 2027.
Aviation fuel will be piped directly to Perth Airport in a bid to help the airline industry to decarbonise as the Federal Government’s Jet Zero Council pushes to slash emissions from plane travel.
A 2023 report by CSIRO and Boeing forecast greener aviation fuel could be a $10b industry by the end of the decade, and also picked BP’s Kwinana project as among the most advanced in Australia.
The site could also house a 75 megawatt electrolyser for green hydrogen. That proposal won $70 million of Federal funding in 2022.
BP ran the Kwinana oil refinery from 1955 but shut the plant down in 2021, transitioning to an import terminal.
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