Project Project Swift

Project Owner... Licella  
Project name Project Swift  
Status planned  
Startup 2027  
Geodata
Country Australia  
City Queensland  
Production
Type TRL 8 First-of-a-kind commercial  
Technology Hydrothermal Liquefaction  
Technology additional information Cat-HTR™ hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL)  
Raw Material agricultural residues  
Input 1 Agricultural residues (including bagasse) (150,000 t/y )  
Output 1 bio-oil (56,000 t/y )  
Output 2 sustainable aviation fuels SAF  
Output additional information Bio-intermediates, SAF 40 Mio litres per year  
Additional Information
Partners Proudly delivering alongside our strategic partners including Shell, and with funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as part of ARENA’s Advancing Renewables Program  
Additional Information Project Swift proposes to develop a biorefinery in the Bundaberg region of Queensland, with a focus on the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market. Utilising Licella’s innovative Australian-developed Cat-HTR™ hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology, the facility would transform agricultural by-products to Low Carbon Liquid Fuels (LCLF). Once complete, the proposed biorefinery could produce ~40 million litres of SAF each year, ~7% of the domestic airline industry’s 2030 SAF target. The facility has the potential to create hundreds of regional jobs and would provide a new and growing market for Queensland’s sugar industry to participate in.  
Contact Information
https://www.licella.com/project-swift/  
Last Update: 2025-12-10 11:41:27