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Sawdust Into Jet Fuel Licella has developed a unique technology that transforms biomass into Bio-Crude oil, which can be refined into sustainable fuels. Any biomass, like sawdust and other woody waste, can be converted into transport and aviation fuels.

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Fuel From Any Biomass Licella can produce its Bio-Crude Oil from essentially any woody plant material, or biomass. This means Licella's process is a true 2nd generation technology; sourcing its feedstock from waste material, or crops grown on marginal land, so that bio fuel production does not use agricultural land.

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Successful Pilot Plant Licella’s process has been tried and tested at its pilot plant located at Somersby, an hour north of Sydney. Over the past 3 years, Licella has used this plant to refine its process for optimal yield, product quality and economics.

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Stable Bio-Crude Oil Licella has produced what is believed to be the world’s first stable Bio-Crude oil – a crude oil that is made from biomass (plant material). Using its proprietary technology, Licella produces a Bio-Crude oil which is stable, liquid, storable, transportable and blendable .

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Licella's Bio-Crude Due to the characteristics of Licella's Bio-Crude Oil, it can utilise existing oil transportation and refinery infrastructure. The "drop in" nature of Licella's Bio-Crude is one of the reasons Accenture describes Licella's technology as "Potentially Revolutionary".

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Monday, 23 May 2011 10:10 Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 February 2012 02:46 Written by Administrator

Licella Features on ABC News Australia

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During a visit to Licella’s Demonstration Plant, located an hour north of Sydney, Tom Hicks, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for the US Navy, said the US Navy plans to have half of its fleet of warships running on alternative fuels by 2020 and the Australian industry could benefit.


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"Potentially Revolutionary" (Accenture)

Licella was recognised in Accenture's publication, ‘Betting on Science: Disruptive Technologies in Transport Fuels’. Accenture describes Licella’s technology as “potentially revolutionary”, due to its ability to produce fungible or "Drop In" fuels that overcome the issues of having to develop a new distribution infrastructure.

For Accenture to view a technology as "disruptive", it needs to meet the following criteria:

  • Scaleable: greater than 20 percent potential impact on hydrocarbon fuel demand by 2030.
  • Emission savings: greater than 30 percent relative to the hydrocarbon it is replacing.
  • Cost competitve: at an oil price of $45 to $90 per barrel, at a commercial scale.
  • Time to market: commercialization date in less than five years.
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Contact Info

  • Licella Pty Ltd
  • Level 3, 90 Mount St,
  • North Sydney,
  • NSW, Australia
  • Tel: (+61) 02 9929 9007
  • ACN 129 936 063
  • ABN 28 129 936 063

Company Information

Licella is an Australian-based company that has developed a unique process to transform renewable woody-waste materials into an array of biofuels.

The Licella process has been running at our pilot plant at Somersby (just north of Sydney), Australia for over 3 years.

Having won an Australian Federal Grant, our 2nd generation Commercialisation Demonstration Plant (CDP), has been opened by the Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson AM MP, on the 14th December 2011.

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