HAMR Energy has reached a key milestone at our Portland Renewable Fuels Project in regional Victoria with thyssenkrupp Uhde completing the Pre-FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) phase.  

The project will convert locally-sourced forestry residues and green hydrogen into 300,000 tonnes of low carbon methanol per annum. This methanol can be further refined into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) or used directly as a shipping fuel, helping to decarbonise hard-to-abate transport.  

With the aviation and maritime sectors committing to net-zero targets, methanol is emerging as a critical low-emissions fuel. When produced using renewable energy and biomass feedstocks, it represents a proven and scalable hydrogen use case, with methanol already powering vessels globally and set to be approved as a feedstock for jet fuel.