Weltec Biopower to Deliver Bioenergy Landmark Facility in Australia
The Queensland-based vegetable business Kalfresh has signed an agreement with the German company Weltec Biopower to design and build a bioenergy facility in Kalbar, South-East Queensland.
The facility will anchor the new Scenic Rim Agricultural Industrial Precinct. The project will be delivered in three stages. The first stage involves constructing a large digester, measuring 31.48 metres in diameter and 8.8 metres in height, together with a digestate storage tank. The facility will be supported by Weltec’s newly implemented control system. As underlined, the partnership would unlock the paddock-to-power potential of Kalfresh’s vertically integrated business, which would turn crop residues, processing offcuts and agricultural waste into several renewable by-products. “A by-product, a nutrient-rich digestate, will be returned to farms as a bio-fertilizer, advancing Kalfresh’s long-term vision of circular agriculture.” The new Scenic Rim Agricultural Industrial Precinct will co-locate advanced food manufacturing on a 40-hectare site fronting the Cunningham Highway and approximately one hour from Brisbane. It will feature 16 serviced lots, including three occupied by Kalfresh, with access to on-site renewable power and circular waste services.
kalfresh.com.au/bioenergy/, weltec-biopower.com
(Published in GLOBAL RECYCLING Magazine 3/2026, Page 13, Photo: Kalfresh)
