MasterChef Australia is cooking with 100% biomethane

MasterChef Australia is showcasing energy innovation again this year by demonstrating how low emission renewable gases, like biomethane, can be used  in place of existing (fossil fuel based) gas supply.

The MasterChef Australia kitchen, like thousands of commercial kitchens, cafes, pubs, hotels, clubs and restaurants around the country, is equipped with many cooking appliances, ranging from cooktops to wok burners. Many of these appliances were previously fuelled by LPG or natural gas.

Following on from the 2024 season, this year MasterChef Australia is again helping to showcase how renewable gas technologies, including 100% biomethane supplied by the Jemena Malabar Biomethane Injection Plant, can be used to power many of their kitchen appliances.

The Malabar Biomethane Injection Plant in New South Wales - the first facility in Australia to inject biomethane into a gas distribution network - is supplying 100% biomethane to the MasterChef kitchen.

The biomethane industry is in its early days in this country, and gas distribution networks are working on many projects around Australia to inject more biomethane into natural gas networks. Renewable gases could contribute to a successful energy transition as Australia takes steps to reach its renewable energy targets.

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