South Australia’s forestry industry says it can turn its timber waste into aviation and shipping fuel as part of the country’s move away from diesel fuels. The federal government has placed the development and implementation of biofuels as a key pillar of its 2035 climate targets. It also announced the $1.1 billion Cleaner Fuels Program to support the development and manufacturing of low carbon liquid fuels. South Australian Forest Products Association chief executive Nathan Paine said partnering with biofuel manufactures allowed the sector to reduce waste. He said forestry residue, created after timber logs were manufactured, was often heaped together and burned. “We’re very optimistic agreements … will go a very long way to using the leftover residue that industry can utilise.” …This week OneFortyOne reached an agreement with biofuel developer HAMR energy to supply forestry waste to be converted into low-carbon methanol at its future site in Portland, Victoria.