According to The Australian Financial Review, ABEL Energy has sent out its bankers to find fresh backers, just as it gets cracking on its much-talked-about $1.7 billion Bell Bay Powerfuels project.
The Bell Bay Powerfuels project wants to ship 300,000 tonnes of “green” methanol production annually, starting in 2028. The three-part process uses renewable energy to produce hydrogen via electrolysis, while forestry residues are processed via gasification to generate syngas. Putting the two together produces methanol.
Prospective bidders have been told to register expressions of interest by March 8 to receive an info pack. The sell-side advisers will collect non-binding offers in mid-April, and final bids would be due six weeks later, at the end of May. ABEL is hoping to have a deal signed by the end of the financial year.