September 19th, 2023Local water authority gets $60,000 to ‘explore bioenergy’ possibilities

Central Highlands Water has secured $60,000 in project funding through the state government’s Waste to Energy Bioenergy Fund.
As part of the funding, CHW will explore the circular economy benefits of the localised production of bioenergy such as utilising the unused resource of the forestry wood residue left onsite after the pine plantation is clear felled.

In a statement CHW says this includes exploring the viability of processing this material into a biomass product such as a pine pellet, which can then be used as a fuel source.