Whiteheads Timber Sales (WTS) is an Australian owned family company operating a sawmill located in Mount Gambia, South Australia. They deliver wholesale orders to customers throughout Australia and operate retail and trade outlets in Mount Gambier, Ballarat, Portland, and Edenhope. EnergyLink Services completed a technical and financial feasibility assessment of registering a project under the industrial fuel and energy efficiency (IEFE) methodology. The project involved replacing an existing natural gas-fired boiler with a biomass boiler that will use waste sawdust from sawmilling operations generated on-site as the feedstock to produce bioenergy that created hot water to operate the three WTS kilns. 

EnergyLink Services completed project registration and auction qualification and presentation of available contracting options (noting the client elected not to participate in an auction). The upgraded boiler began generating abatement in 2020. Following implementation, EnergyLink Services continued to support the project through annual offsets reporting and renewable energy advisory services.

Due to the success of the biomass boiler, WTS was also able to successfully cap its natural gas connection, further reducing reliance on fossil fuels and improving overall energy sustainability.