Biomethane hub set to add to Tasmania gas grid

  • Gas
  • July 22, 2025

The rural town of Westbury in Tasmania, Australia is to be the location for a AU$50m renewable gas facility.

The Westbury BioHub, being developed by Optimal Group and Solstice Energy, is slated to process around 36,000 tonnes of agri-food and other organic waste into biomethane that will be injected into the gas grid.

According to Optimal Renewable Gas (ORG), a subsidiary of Optimal Group, the facility will produce 376,000 gigajoules of biomethane per year and reduce emissions by 15,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year from hard-to-abate sectors like industrial heat.

… to continue reading this article and more, please login, register for free, or consider subscribing to gasworld

You’ve reached your weekly limit to access free articles!

Want to keep reading?

Please register for free and create a profile to gain access to this full article and gasworld’s daily news.

For access to more content including our monthly digital magazines, subscriber-only features or columns and all our other gasworld archives, please consider subscribing.

Alternatively, you can continue reading more articles as a guest on Wednesday, 23rd July at 9:28AM

   

  • Related Posts

    • Gas
    • August 13, 2026
    SK Shipping to become Asia’s largest LNG carrier under K-LNG rebrand

    By 8 min ago 2 min read SK Shipping is to rebrand as K-LNG and become Asia’s largest LNG carrier after acquiring 16 ships from sister company H-Line Shipping. It…

    • Gas
    • August 12, 2026
    Captured CO2 used to develop recyclable plastics

    By 36 min ago 3 min read Researchers at Colorado State University (CSU), the US, have developed a process that uses carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce strong, flexible and recyclable…

    Have You Seen?

    SK Shipping to become Asia’s largest LNG carrier under K-LNG rebrand

    • August 13, 2026
    SK Shipping to become Asia’s largest LNG carrier under K-LNG rebrand

    Iran Boosts Military Posturing as Talks Hit Deadlock

    • August 13, 2026
    Iran Boosts Military Posturing as Talks Hit Deadlock

    Virginia Data Center Boom Pushes Dominion Deeper Into Costly Power Market

    • August 12, 2026
    Virginia Data Center Boom Pushes Dominion Deeper Into Costly Power Market

    US to Offer 81 Million Acres in Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale

    • August 12, 2026
    US to Offer 81 Million Acres in Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale

    Trump Says US Has ‘Total Control’ Over Strait of Hormuz

    • August 12, 2026
    Trump Says US Has ‘Total Control’ Over Strait of Hormuz

    US Crude Stocks See Largest Weekly Rise in 3.5 Years, EIA Says

    • August 12, 2026
    US Crude Stocks See Largest Weekly Rise in 3.5 Years, EIA Says

    US Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale Attracts $82.7 Million in High Bids

    • August 12, 2026
    US Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale Attracts $82.7 Million in High Bids

    IEA: Global Oil Deficit To Hit 1.8 Million Bpd This Quarter

    • August 12, 2026
    IEA: Global Oil Deficit To Hit 1.8 Million Bpd This Quarter

    Indian Refiners Seek 6 Million Barrels of Spot Crude

    • August 12, 2026
    Indian Refiners Seek 6 Million Barrels of Spot Crude

    Norway $2.3 Trillion Wealth Fund Posts Record-High Profit in H1

    • August 12, 2026
    Norway $2.3 Trillion Wealth Fund Posts Record-High Profit in H1