Vouchers for fixed contract businesses, guarantees for heavy industry, and investment in biorefining could ease short and long term fuel pain in WA, according to the state's peak business group.
The backer of WA's biggest active biorefinery plan wants to see the federal government's $1.1 billion biofuels fund used to stimulate domestic demand for low carbon fuels.
The state government is probing what needs to be done to ensure the latest attempt to establish a bioenergy industry in WA doesn't suffer the same fate as efforts nearly two decades ago.
