Fuelled up

The move to biofuels may not be the silver bullet resolution to our energy problems, but WA is in the thick of research, development and increasing production of these new greenhouse neutral options.

Amidst environmental concerns, increasing petrol prices, and predictions by some industry experts that Australia's oil reserves will be near exhaustion by 2012, biofuels have emerged from relative obscurity to take centre stage on the renewable energy age

Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd is carrying the Western Australian biofuels banner into a rapidly expanding, multi-billion dollar international market.

The federal government's Fuel Tax Bill 2006 provides one of the most pressing issues currently facing the biodiesel industry.

The biofuels sector's growing mainstream attraction may be a relatively recent phenomenon, but local company Blue Diesel's involvement in the business can be traced back to well before the current debate over alternative fuels began.

The growing awareness of the need for alternative fuel sources has focused attention on a wide range of options.