Maryvale Mill High Pressure Header Elimination and Stripper Heat Exchangers Replacement Project (Revoked)

Maryvale Mill High Pressure Header Elimination and Stripper Heat Exchangers Replacement Project (Revoked) is an Industrial Electricity and Fuel Efficiency project located at the Maryvale paper mill in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria, approximately 10km north of Morwell. Registered in October 2015 by Paper Australia Pty Ltd (now trading as Opal Australian Paper), the specific project area is undefined as it was integrated into the footprint of the existing industrial facility.

Industrial Electricity and Fuel Efficiency projects reduce greenhouse gas emissions by upgrading, modifying, or replacing existing energy-consuming equipment, or by changing control systems to improve fuel and electrical efficiency. To generate carbon credits, these projects must demonstrate measured reductions in energy consumption relative to historical baselines. Activities for this specific project focused on the elimination of a high-pressure header, the upgrading of stripper heat exchangers, and the implementation of variable speed drives, turbines, and advanced control processes.

The surrounding Latrobe Valley region is heavily zoned for industrial activities, including power generation and coal mining, which is interspersed with significant agricultural land use such as dairy farming, grazing, and commercial forestry. The local environment features a temperate climate with reliable, moderate-to-high rainfall, and soils in the area generally range from sandy loams to heavier alluvial clay loams.

Operating since 1937, the Maryvale Mill is one of Australia's largest integrated pulp and paper manufacturing sites. Although this specific carbon abatement project was officially revoked in May 2020 under section 30 of the CFI Rule, the proponent continues to pursue significant decarbonisation and energy transition initiatives. Recent proposals at the site include the development of a large-scale Waste-to-Energy (EfW) facility and feasibility studies into capturing biogenic carbon dioxide for e-methanol production.