Air Liquide partners with agribusiness to build Australia’s largest biogenic CO2 plant
Industrial gas major Air Liquide has partnered with Australian agribusiness Manildra Group to build Australia’s largest new food and beverage-grade biogenic CO2 plant in Bomaderry, New South Wales.
Once operational in 2027, the plant will produce over 90,000 tonnes of CO2 annually for local industry. Air Liquide will start building the facility in the second half of the year.
The plant will capture and purify the biogenic CO₂ produced naturally from the fermentation of wheat at Manildra Group’s Shoalhaven Starches site.
Tim Kehoe, Managing Director of Air Liquide Pacific, said the plant would address the critical need for increased supply and improved reliability in the CO2 market.
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