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Wood pellet plant application lodged

Posted on June 4, 2009, 12:12pm

Plantation Energy Australia has lodged a development application with Grant District Council to build a $25m wood pellet processing plant at Wandilo.

The plant, which will export environmentally friendly wood pellets to the European domestic market, is expected to create 15 full-time jobs, along with spin-off employment for the region’s transport and service industries.

It is also expected to create a $40m per year new industry for the Mount Gambier district.

The carbon neutral pellets will be made from residue from the region’s pine and bluegum forest estates.

According to the application, the processing plant was expected to manufacture 250,000 tonnes of Densified Biomass Fuel (DBF) pellets per year, which would be exported through the Port of Portland.

The processing plant will be built on 6.1ha, on the northern end of Wandilo Road.

Council planning and development director Leith McEvoy said the application would be classified as category three because the use was non complying in a primary industry zone.

But he said the application was forestry related and there was really no other location for such a processing plant.

Mr McEvoy said council would shortly call for public submissions on the proposal.

The application will be determined by council’s Development Assessment Panel, possibly in August.

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