I played a key role in a recent ARENA-funded project which established a prototype biomass reforming system capable of generating renewable hydrogen and value-added chemicals from a waste biomass stream and sunlight. Successful commissioning of the ARENA project led to new opportunity towards recycling and clean energy and subsequent funding through the Federal Government Trailblazer Universities Program to advance the biomass reforming prototype towards commercial application. Additionally, the prototype concept has been adapted into a current collaborative project which utilises renewable energy to drive CO₂ conversion into fuels and chemicals, closing the carbon loops and extending the scope of renewable Power-to-X to achieve a circular economy.