Biomass conversion
50 MTPD dry lignocellulosic biomass using a final licensed process package integrated during FEED.
Australian low-carbon liquid fuels
Building a scalable Australian biomass-to-SAF platform.
Tomago SAF is developing a staged 50 metric tonne per day biomass platform designed to connect regional feedstock, renewable energy and advanced fuel manufacturing in the Hunter and Upper Hunter.
Development-stage project. Final plant configuration, product yields, approvals and performance are subject to FEED, licensor data, certification and investment decisions.
50MTPD dry biomass
~16,000tonnes/year biomass
~1,200t/year SAF planning target
320operating days/year
Sovereign fuel capability
Regional manufacturing
Renewable integration
Scalable modular development
The project
A practical pathway from biomass to lower-carbon aviation fuel.
Tomago SAF is progressing a pre-commercial Australian biomass-to-SAF development centred on a 50 MTPD dry lignocellulosic biomass platform. The project is intended to generate the engineering, operating, feedstock, product-quality, lifecycle-emissions and certification evidence required for later commercial scale-up.
The development philosophy is staged: prove the biomass platform, progressively integrate renewable power, add downstream SAF and renewable-diesel upgrading, and evaluate major consumable manufacture where it improves project resilience and economics.
Renewable energy
Solar, vertical-axis wind and battery storage integrated progressively with grid firming and backup.
Fuel upgrading
Downstream conditioning and hydroprocessing to produce SAF and renewable-diesel-range products.
Chemical support
Potential integrated hydrogen peroxide production, subject to confirmed demand, approvals and economics.
Technology pathway
Designed around integration, validation and repeatability.
1Regional biomassPurpose-grown and suitable alternative lignocellulosic feedstocks
2PreparationReceiving, quality control, storage and feed preparation
3ConversionLicensed fractionation / depolymerisation process package
4Fuel upgradingConditioning, hydrogenation, separation and finishing
5SAF + RDProduct qualification and certification pathway
The biomass conversion licensor and final process-interface data will control the FEED integration basis. Tomago SAF’s project engineering scope is focused on whole-of-plant integration, utilities, offsites, approvals interfaces, downstream facilities and scale-up.
Regional feedstock
Developing the supply chain as part of the plant.
The current planning basis requires approximately 16,000 dry tonnes of biomass each year. The concept includes approximately 120 hectares of net productive cropping within about 135 hectares gross, including access, irrigation and operating allowances.
The foundation feedstock estate is intended to validate yield, water and nutrient inputs, biomass quality, storage, delivered cost, sustainability data and chain of custody. Longer-term growth is expected to include regional growers, landholders and diversified eligible feedstocks rather than relying on a single source.
~120 hanet productive cropping
~135 hagross feedstock planning area
~16,000 t/ydry biomass requirement
Regionalgrower and supply-chain model
Renewable energy integration
Lowering grid exposure as the platform matures.
The initial biomass platform is planned to use grid supply for commissioning and early operation. A subsequent renewable-energy zone is designed to progressively reduce grid dependence while retaining the grid for firming, backup and operational resilience.
5.5 MWpSolar PV
2 MWVertical-axis wind
10 MWhBattery storage
2 MWNominal initial grid connection
Staged development
De-risk first. Integrate. Then scale.
Biomass Conversion
50 MTPD biomass reception, preparation and licensed conversion platform, initially grid supported.
Renewable Energy
5.5 MWp solar, 2 MW wind and 10 MWh BESS with grid retained for resilience.
SAF / RD Upgrading
Downstream fuel upgrading, product finishing, qualification and certification pathway.
Chemical Support
Potential hydrogen peroxide and major-consumable integration subject to FEED and feasibility.
Modular Expansion
Preserve the development envelope for repeatable expansion once feedstock, markets, approvals and economics support growth.
Site concept
Planning separation, access and expansion from the outset.
The current concept separates process facilities, renewable-energy areas, storage, access and feedstock cropping while preserving buffers and future development space. The initial plant concept is approximately 25 hectares gross, with a broader development envelope intended to accommodate utilities and future staged expansion.
Why it matters
Australian fuel resilience with a regional industrial base.
Fuel security
Build domestic capability in aviation and renewable liquid fuels.
Regional jobs
Create demand for engineering, operations, agriculture, logistics and technical services.
Land transition
Support productive new uses for suitable regional and post-industrial land.
Scale potential
Establish a modular design and operating dataset that can support replication.
A national vision
An integrated approach to national energy resilience
Integrated - Substantial - Reliable
A larger encompassing vision to enable Australian industry, farmers, transport systems and defence to have national and regional independence and be resilient in the face of global difficulties.
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Project status: Tomago SAF is a development-stage project. All capacities, yields, emissions performance, land requirements, costs, schedules and configurations shown on this website are current planning bases only and may change through FEED, licensing, approvals, certification, procurement and investment processes. References to SAF production are subject to the applicable fuel qualification and certification pathway.