A $26 million expansion of the Dalby ethanol biorefinery will generate jobs and potentially boost demand for sorghum.
State Development Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said the State Government was providing an incentive package to accelerate the expansion by plant owners, United Petroleum.
“This is great news for local jobs and for local growers,” Dr Lynham said.
“Our biofutures revolution will create high-value jobs and investment in regional Queensland and expanding markets for our rural producers.”
United Petroleum’s Dalby bio-refinery already produces 76 million litres of ethanol a year. The plant also produces animal feed products and syrup.
The expansion will boost biofuel production capacity to 100 million litres a year.
Dr Lynham said United Petroleum was also start running scientific studies to boost sales of its animal feed product.
