Renewable Gas Docuseries

What if the stuff we flush or throw away could power entire towns? In this episode, we uncover biomethane, a renewable gas created from everyday organic waste. It can move through the same pipes and support the same industrial processes as natural gas, but with far lower emissions. From regional farms turning agri-waste into energy to manufacturers exploring reliable low emission alternatives, we show how biomethane is already becoming part of Australia’s energy story. Practical, circular, and hiding in plain sight, organic waste could become one of the smarter tools to help our transition to a low carbon future.

What if food scraps, sewage, and farm waste could become the fuel that helps to keep our industries running? In this episode, we dive into the hidden science of anaerobic digestion, a process that can transform what we throw away into biomethane, digestate, and biogenic CO2. With Europe leading the charge, we reveal how biomethane’s circular system is already scaling globally and why Australia could be next. The technology is already proven, so could we be about to unlock a future where our organic waste streams help to power some of our biggest industries?

Australia’s factories, papermills, steelworks, and brickmakers power the nation, but they are also some of its highest emitters. These industries rely on constant, high intensity heat that electricity cannot always provide. That is where biomethane comes in. In this episode, we meet the industry leaders and innovators showing how waste-to-fuel solutions could help keep businesses and manufacturers running 24/7, while slashing emissions and creating new commercial opportunities. Proven overseas and already flowing into parts of Sydney’s gas network, biomethane offers a practical pathway that could support regional economies and jobs, reduce emissions, and keep our manufacturing sector strong.

Biomethane may be proven technology, but possibility doesn’t always mean progress. In this episode, we explore why Australia trails many other nations in renewable gas development. From policy inertia and limited public awareness to the trust issues that make some question whether renewable gas is simply a fossil fuel in disguise. We cut through the noise to show some of the real differences, highlight international examples, and reveal just how much potential is sitting in Australia’s waste... waste that often just gets wasted. Biomethane isn’t the only answer, but it is part of the big picture. The energy transition will need more solutions, not less and biomethane could help close the emissions gap, if momentum can match the technology.