COMING CLEAN
Just Biodiesel’s relaunching of a refinery at north east Victoria’s Barnawatha, just south of Albury, signals the early stages of a possible renaissance for the low-carbon alternative fuel in the Murray River region.
If realised, the resurgence will come after the renewable option fell out of favour earlier this decade due to falling conventional diesel prices, new federal government excise of biofuels and the hangover from reliability and quality issues among some suppliers.
The company and its partners are now pitching for business from truck and bus fleets.
Hailing its product as a “renewable, clean-burning diesel replacement that is reducing Australia’s dependence on foreign petroleum, creating jobs and improving the environment”, Just Biodiesel, in partnership
