The lack of electricity supply security because of thermal generation plant unavailability reinforces the importance of the need for an integrated Energy Strategy in New Zealand. Greater use of bioenergy and biofuels which are storable energy forms would ensure that electricity supply can be optimised says the Bioenergy Association. Brian Cox, Executive officer of the Bioenergy Association says that “the …

New Zealand’s Emissions Reduction Plan (May 2022) sets out the pathway for how New Zealand will meet its first emissions budgets (2022-2035) and achieve long-term climate targets. To help meet this challenge, the Government announced expanded funding of around $650 million for the Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry fund (GIDI). EECA recognises that private finance is a crucial part of …

With Residues2Revenues 2022 running next month, we are highlighting a number of key topics that will be discussed in-depth at the event. Back in 2021, Alex Bruce from Pentarch Technical Services presented an interesting webinar on solid biofuels testing within NZ. This was one of a number of webinars hosted by the Bioenergy Association of New Zealand. We thank both …

From 10 July, the Russian wood pellet exports to Europe, the main market for Russian companies, will be completely stopped. From this date, EU sanctions will come into effect, limiting the supply of wood products from Russia and Belarus. According to Lesprom Analytics, in 2021 the European Union accounted for 80% of Russian wood pellet exports, supplies amounted to 1.95 …

As part of the upcoming Residues to Revenues 2022 event, large scale industrial heat or energy users Fonterra, Danone and the Canterbury District Health board will be outlining their recent major plant conversions to wood residues. Probably more importantly for those supplying or co-ordinating the harvesting and delivery of residues from local forestry or wood processing operations, they’ll be outlining …