U.S.-based e-fuels company HIF Global has announced plans to locate its Tasmania e-fuels facility at the former Burnie Paper Mill site in South Burnie, a move expected to return long-term employment to the community while supporting the Australian state’s renewable energy ambitions.
HIF Tasmania was first announced in July 2022, with plans to locate the facility on a sustainable forestry plantation at Hampshire, 30 kilometers (km) south of Burnie. Following project engineering, design work, and site review, HIF concluded that the former Pulp Mill site will provide better opportunities for cost-saving modularization and port access, making it a more ideal location for this project.