Renewable energy production

Clean, sustainable energy

In 2019 we contributed 7% of Queensland’s renewable electricity generation
Our eight mills have a total generation capacity of 202 megawatts, producing about 620,000 megawatt hours a year
Two of the five largest biomass generators in Australia are Wilmar mills

Nature's battery

Bagasse is nature’s battery for stored energy
Each year we convert the energy in over 5 million tonnes of bagasse into renewable energy
The stored energy in bagasse means we can generate and dispatch electricity 24/7 throughout the year

Australia's largest biomass-only generator

Our Pioneer Mill near Ayr is Australia’s largest generator running only on biomass
Pioneer’s generation capacity is 68 megawatts
It can operate year-round, day and night

Renewable energy capabilities

We export about 311,000 megawatt hours into the power grid each year, enough to supply more than 68,000 Australian homes for 12 months.

We burn bagasse to produce steam for both the sugar making process and to drive turbines that generate electricity.

One truck load of bagasse stores enough energy to power two Queensland homes for more than a year.

The energy stored in one stockpile of bagasse at a mill can power 2,000 homes for a year – that’s more electrical energy than 90 of South Australia’s giant lithium batteries.

Pioneer produces approximately 53% of Wilmar’s total export portfolio.

Wilmar could install another two generating facilities of the same scale as Pioneer.