Gladstone’s $5m Test Site to Crack Billion Dollar Industry
by Tegan Annett (Northern Star) What was once a paw paw farm in Yarwun is now a multi-million dollar laboratory that is leading the way for renewable fuel creation. Yesterday Northern Oil’s biocrude and biofuel laboratory was officially opened, marking the latest milestone for Gladstone’s industry newcomer.
The site, at Yarwun’s Northern Oil Refinery, is filled with more than $5 million worth of technology which will be used by the Gladstone plant and other companies around the world keen to break through into the lucrative industry of renewable fuels.
The lab, which is the biggest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, will test raw fuels for their suitability to be turned into biofuel. READ MORE includes VIDEO