SA1 plant upgrade financing
ASX Announcement
16th April 2025
DELOREAN SECURES DEBT FUNDING FOR SA1 BIOENERGY PLANT
UPGRADE AND EXPANSION
Delorean Corporation Limited (ASX: DEL) (“Delorean” or “the Company”) is pleased to
announce that it has secured $7 million of debt funding for the renewable gas,
renewable liquid carbon dioxide (LCO2) and liquid fertiliser upgrade and expansion
of scope of the SA1 bioenergy plant.
The debt secured complements the ARENA funding of $6.1 million announced to the ASX on
the 6th March 2025 and the original debt secured for the baseline-scoped plant announced
to the ASX on 28th August 2024. The additional debt secured means that the SA1 upgraded
plant is now fully funded and will produce 6 different monetisation streams. The additional
debt and expansion has further improved and diversified the plant economics for Delorean.
Construction of the early works of the SA1 facility, which are not impacted by the upgrade,
are already underway. The upgrade and expansion of the facility that this debt funding
unlocks means that Delorean will add infrastructure that will produce renewable natural gas
(biomethane) as well as renewable food grade LCO2 and liquid fertiliser.
In particular, the project expansion enables the procurement and installation of the biogenic
LCO2 infrastructure required to underpin Delorean’s 10-year LC02 offtake with Supagas, as
updated to the market on 18th March 2025, with Delorean estimating that the Supagas
agreement alone will deliver an uplift in net profitability of the SA1 project of between $1525million over the term of the agreement. The SA1 facility is expected to have a construction
cost of approximately $36million.
The additional debt is being provided by Delorean’s existing debt provider, Tanarra, and will
act as a “Facility C” in addition to the Facility A & B announced previously. The key terms of
the finance package are as follows:
Amount of Facility
Term
Interest Payments: Cash
Interest Payments: Capitalised
Facility C
$7,000,000
12 September 2027 (aligned with
previously announced Facility B)
BBSY +6.00% pa with BBSY floor of 4.00%
p.a. to be paid quarterly
5.00% p.a. capitalised quarterly or payable
in cash at Delorean’s discretion. For first 12
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Commitment Fee on Undrawn Funds
Establishment Fee
Termination & Events of Default
months, Delorean may elect to capitalise
cash interest up to a cap of 10% in aggregate
interest.
2.35% p.a.
$70,000 plus 4,000,000 Equity Options with
an expiry date of 13 September 2028 and a
strike price of $0.184 (circa 22% premium
to the 15 day VWAP)
The debt facility contains standard events of
default and termination clauses that if
either party breaches the terms of the
agreement the counterparty has the right to
terminate the agreement should they
choose to do so.
Announcement Video
Delorean Corporation Managing Director, Joseph Oliver, has released a short video
discussing this ASX Announcement on our interactive Investor Hub. Watch the video and
ask your questions here: https://investorhub.deloreancorporation.com.au/link/0y5WGr
Comment from Delorean Managing Director, Joe Oliver:
“This additional debt finance means that Delorean is now fully funded for the expanded and
improved bioenergy plant. We will now have 6 different clean, sustainable, product
monetisation streams from just one project. Best of all, because we are fully funded for a build
own operate model, Delorean will benefit from all of these long term revenue streams. We see
tremendous opportunity and upside in building and owning a portfolio of these type of projects
across Australia, capitalising on our leadership and experience in the bioenergy sector.”
This announcement has been authorised for release to the ASX by the Delorean Corporation
Board of Directors.
About the SA1 Project:
The fully funded SA1 bioenergy plant in Adelaide, will be Built, Owned and Operated (BOO)
by Delorean and will process 70,000 tonnes p.a. of commercial and municipal organic waste
diverted from landfill using anerobic digestion. Construction is currently in progress, long
lead items have been ordered and civil works are underway. The upgraded and expanded
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scope of the plant means it will now produce for Delorean’s BOO portfolio the following 6
different products and revenue streams;
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Renewable Natural Gas (Biogenic Methane):
The mains-grade biomethane produced will be injected into the Australian Gas
Networks (AGN) gas network in support of Delorean’s evolving long term gas offtakes
with industrial users via the Adelaide gas network. Supporting the decarbonisation
efforts of industrial gas users which is a hard to abate area of industry.
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Renewable food grade Liquid CO2 (Biogenic LCO2):
The renewable LCO2 produced will conform to the International society of Beverage
Technologies (ISBT) guidelines for carbon dioxide purity and quality, at 99.99% Food
Grade standard. It will be used in the food and beverage industry such as for the
carbonisation of soft drinks. The LCO2 has be sold under a binding 10 year ‘take or
pay’ offtake to Supagas Pty Ltd a leading supplier of gases in Australia owned by Sanso
Holdings Corporation, the 4th largest gas supplier globally.
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Carbon Credits (ACCUs):
By diverting organic waste from landfill and processing and recycling it the plant will
generate Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) under the Australian Clean Energy
Regulator (CER). These ACCUS are a tradable financial product which will be sold on
market.
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Renewable Gas Guarantees of Origin (RGGOs):
The production of the renewable natural gas (Biogenic Methane) from organic waste
diverted from landfill will also generate Renewable Gas Guarantee of Origin
Certificates (RGGOs) under Greenpower’s gas certification scheme. These RGGOs are
a monetisable product which will provide revenue for Delorean.
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Liquid Fertilisers:
The upgraded Wate Water Treatment Works will process the liquid digestate output
from the pant and turn it into a nutrient rich liquid fertiliser which will be sold for
domestic and commercial use as a revenue stream for Delorean.
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Gate Fees:
The bioenergy plant will take delivery of 70,000 tonnes p.a. of feedstock in the form
of commercial and municipal organic waste diverted from landfill. Suppliers will pay
Delorean a “Gate Fee” to take the organic waste which suppliers will deliver to the
plant’s gate. This creates another revenue stream for Delorean and supports recycling
and the circular economy.
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For more information/interview please contact:
Joseph Oliver, Managing Director
Delorean Corporation Ltd
+61 (0) 8 6147 7575
info@deloreancorporation.com.au
About Delorean Corporation Limited
Delorean Corporation is a leading Australian bioenergy company. Delorean
specialises in the design, build, ownership, and management of bioenergy
infrastructure. In addition to bioenergy power and renewable gas generation, Delorean also
operates in the energy retail market. Delorean Corporation is a vertically integrated
company positioned in two high growth industries; renewable energy and waste
management.
Delorean Corporation comprises an Engineering Division, Infrastructure Division, and
Energy Retail Division. Through these divisions Delorean Corporation has the inhouse
capability to deliver bioenergy projects across the full lifecycle, from project conception to
completion, processing organic waste, generating renewable energy, and monetising the sale
of green electricity, heat, and gas.
DEL’s projects produce renewable energy whilst reducing the volume of organic waste going
to landfill, utilising a model that generates multiple revenue streams.
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