MSM Milling Biomass Fuel Switch Project
- $2m Funded by ARENA
- $5.38m Total project cost
Summary
The MSM Milling Biomass Fuel Switch project involves replacing current LPG fuelled boilers with a 5 MW biomass fuelled boiler using locally sourced timber residue as a fuel source.
The installation of the new biomass boiler will displace several smaller existing LPG boilers and save around 4,000tCO2-e per annum and over 80,000tCO2-e for the project life. The project will produce 7,147kg/h of steam output at full capacity, to be used in milling and processing operations. The increased capacity to produce steam at a lower cost with a renewable resource will ensure the business can expand its operation without the risk of exposure to volatile LPG price fluctuations.
Area of innovation
The MSM Milling Biomass Fuel Switch Project features areas of innovation that includes the:
- Integration of a biomass-fuelled boiler into a large scale agricultural processing facility
- Use of bioenergy options in the food processing industry.
This project consists of:
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Image: MSM Milling plant
Arial view of the MSM Milling plant.
Image: MSM Milling plant
Arial view of the MSM Milling plant.
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Image: MSM Milling plant
Production line at the MSM Milling plant.
Benefit
The benefits of this project will:
- Reduce greenhouse emissions from 1,133 to 23.47 kg Co2-eq, a reduction in fossil depletion from 401.3 to 7.15E-03 kg oil-eq and a reduction in fossil fuel energy use from 16,801 to 0.2994 MJ
- Help create alternative value streams from materials once considered as waste.
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Wood waste leftover from the local timber industry will soon power MSM Milling’s canola processing facility in Manildra, NSW.
