Australia´s first eFuels plant announced
29 November 2023
HIF Tasmania eFuels facility is expected to start producing up to 100 million liters of carbon neutral eFuels per year…
The world’s largest biomass energy company near collapse
28 November 2023
This year has been a financial disaster for Enviva, the world’s largest producer of wood pellets for the biomass energy…
Wood-fired hospital boilers replace coal
13 September 2023
South Invercargill residents can breathe a little easier, with Southland Hospital’s massive boilers now fired by wood pellets instead of…
Altus wood pellets business in receivership
28 August 2023
FTI Consulting has given wood pellets maker Altus Renewables’ suitors until September 15 to prepare their indicative bids for the…
MOTAT steam tram powered by trees
10 August 2023
It’s out with the coal and in with the biofuel for steam tram no. 100, which will operate on a…
Pacific Rim hardwood chip trade decline forecast
7 August 2023
Most of the world’s wood chip trade is that of hardwood chips in the Pacific Rim. In 2022, the global wood chip trade accounted for about 42 million bdmt, of which about two-thirds were hardwood chips destined for pulpmills in China and Japan. While Japan is the world’s largest importer of softwood chips, most international trade has occurred on the European continent, where pulpmills in Northern and Central Europe are…
Port Blakely’s move to in-forest biofuel recoveries
2 August 2023
Andrew Cocking, Port Blakely’s South Island Regional Manager at last year’s Residues2Revenues event detailed the company’s progress and early innovation…
Event Summary – Residues2Revenues 2023
31 July 2023
As anticipated, the turnout to the second Residues2Revenues 2023 was a standout for the industry. Around 250 delegates attended the wood residues…
NZ Bio Forestry signs biochemicals MOU
13 July 2023
Japan based Refine Holdings and NZ Bio Forestry have recently signed an MoU in Tokyo. This MoU outlines a joint…
North America’s largest biochar plant takes shape
7 July 2023
A group of Canadian and French companies will build a $80 million plant in Quebec to turn forestry waste into…
Portable biocharger converts wood waste to electricity
4 July 2023
Claimed to be the only machine in the world eliminating wood wastes on site to power battery operating equipment and…
NZ Government bans new coal boilers
30 June 2023
The NZ Government is delivering on its climate commitment to ban new coal boilers and to phase out by 2037,…
Adding value to biomass through biochar
30 June 2023
The Biochar Network New Zealand’s campaign to increase the profile of biochar continues. A Carbon Rescue initiative stemming from the…
Energy centre switches from coal in $2.28m project
21 June 2023
The elimination of coal at a Washdyke (in the north of Timaru, south Canterbury, NZ) energy business will reduce CO2…
Feasibility of making sustainable aviation fuel in NZ
21 June 2023
The carbon emissions from long-haul flying are a threat to the sustainability of New Zealand international tourism. Air New Zealand…
Bioenergy funding to better utilise forestry slash
9 June 2023
The NZ Government is making a start on a more sustainable forestry industry with investments into a bioenergy plant, research…
Trapped arm a sombre warning on imported machinery
23 May 2023
A multinational company has been sentenced after a worker’s arm got caught in a bark-stripping machine which did not have…
Asia now accounts for 1/3 of wood pellet trade
17 May 2023
Worldwide trade of wood pellets remained practically unchanged year-on -year about 29 million tons in 2022. This year was the…
Global in-field chipping and grinding technologies
12 May 2023
As part of the Residues2Revenues 2023 event being run in Rotorua, New Zealand on 25-26 July for local forest owners,…
Renewable biomass given a major boost
8 May 2023
All coal boilers to be removed from NZ schools Thanks to a NZ$10million dollar investment, all remaining coal boilers in…
Forestry faces massive losses, as clean-up gets underway
1 May 2023
Foresters in Hawke’s Bay face losses of up to NZ$150 million in tree crops and infrastructure following Cyclone Gabrielle, as…
Another Fonterra site switching boilers from coal
28 April 2023
Fonterra is continuing to progress its decarbonisation work with the announcement of another site transitioning from coal and the installation…
Half a century of coal-fired power generation ends
26 April 2023
Drax has announced that almost 50 years of power generation from coal at its North Yorkshire power station has come…
Binwood collection – converting slash into biofuel
18 April 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle has had a devastating impact on New Zealand, bringing major concerns to the fore about climate change and…
New funding for contractors for biomass innovation
6 April 2023
EECA has a new fund which could be of assistance to those looking to make a start in the biomass…
Continued EU recognition of biomass as 100% renewable
3 April 2023
Enviva Inc, the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets ( www.envivabiomass.com) has welcomed the news that the European Union’s…
New NZ wood pellet press opened
22 March 2023
A NZ business that has increased the amount of wood pellets it can make by more than half, hopes more…
Major Wood Residues Event announced for 2023
22 March 2023
It was eight years since the Forest Industry Engineering Association had run a wood residues programme aimed specifically at those…
Wood petrochemical substitutes one step closer
21 March 2023
Bio-refinery start-up Futurity is launching a NZ$1.5 million commercialisation study into turning wood by-products into high-value chemicals. The study will…
Processing forestry slash on-site an immediate solution
17 March 2023
An immediate solution to solve the issue of destructive forestry waste – or slash – is available, and implementing it…
Huntly burns wood rather than fossil fuels
22 February 2023
Genesis Energy has found its coal-burning unit in Waikato can also produce electricity when fed wood. The Huntly power station…
Government missing opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
16 February 2023
The announcement that the NZ Government has dropped the Sustainable Biofuels Obligation Bill is not surprising as the Government has…
Researchers partner to pelletise waste materials
15 February 2023
The idea of using biomass or non-recyclable materials to produce power has been around for a long time, but techniques…
Fonterra and Genesis want to replace coal with wood
9 February 2023
Genesis Energy and Fonterra want to use wood biomass to generate electricity and heat. Genesis interim chief executive Tracey Hickman…
Never grapple with slash again
7 February 2023
A new take on an old method to deal with forestry slash is set to help New Zealand logging crews…
US$80m grant to make jet fuel from wood chips
1 February 2023
A Georgia plant turning wood residue into jet fuel is receiving a big chunk of new federal funding to boost…
Waste not, want not: UN report on wood residues
1 February 2023
Wood residues – the materials left over when trees are logged and processed – hold the potential to support resource-efficient…
Burning native timber no longer renewable energy
19 December 2022
Labor revokes Abbott government move which allowed energy from burning wood waste to be counted with solar and wind. Electricity…
Wood-energy sector worried by EU biomass plans
8 December 2022
European Parliament plans to exclude some types of primary wood from the EU’s renewable energy goals is causing jitters among…
Distributed manufacturing for biomass processing
7 December 2022
Mini factories that use residues from production forests, or horticultural, crop and natural fibres to create new wood products, biochemicals…
Forestry firing up biomass boiler in NZ
6 December 2022
A new biomass boiler, which uses by-product waste from the commercial forestry industry, has been commissioned at Danone’s dairy plant…
Expressions of Interest: Residues2Revenues 2023
1 December 2022
Early expressions of interest to present at next year’s Residues2Revenues 2023 event are now been called for. This year saw…
U.S. jumping on bioenergy bandwagon
30 November 2022
Humans have a long history of turning biomass – renewable organic material from plants and animals – into energy, mainly…
Wood pellet market dynamics changing
17 November 2022
The international trade of wood pellets has increased yearly for over ten years thanks to growing demand in Europe and…
Europe’s energy crisis: the wood squeeze
7 November 2022
As much as 70 percent of European heating comes from natural gas and electricity, and with Russian deliveries drastically reduced,…
Drax open to tougher checks on wood imports
4 November 2022
Drax Group (Drax) would be prepared to do a carbon analysis of wood imports for its biomass facilities amid claims…
Pellet supply shock in Europe
2 November 2022
FutureMetrics has published a new white paper explaining how reduced pellet supplies in Western Europe and the U.K. resulting from…
Biochar incinerator tested for forest thinning
28 October 2022
It looks like a dumpster fire in the forest. A new take on disposing of small trees and branches cut…
Hydrogen and bio-fuels feasbility studies for Kinleith
25 October 2022
The New Zealand Government will undertake a NZ$2 million feasibility study to explore the development of hydrogen and bio-fuels at…
Aurecon supports Fonterra with new biomass boiler
28 September 2022
International design, engineering, and advisory company Aurecon has been appointed to work alongside Fonterra to provide design support, project management…
A windfall for US wood pellets business
28 September 2022
Environmentalists have doubts, but John Keppler’s faith in the energy source is rewarded by European customers willing to pay top…
World’s largest advanced biocarbon contract for coal
22 September 2022
More than 4 million tons of coal will be replaced with Aymium’s renewable carbon negative product, removing over 10 million…
Opposition to NZ’s transport biofuel mandate
19 September 2022
Biofuels – and a broader bioeconomy – are key parts of New Zealand’s recently released first emissions reduction plan, particularly…
Europeans back 45% renewable energy goal
16 September 2022
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday (14 September) in favour of a 45% target for renewable energy in the EU’s…
Major contract to World’s largest wood pellet producer
13 September 2022
In the United States (US), Enviva Inc., the world’s largest industrial wood pellet producer, and Alder Fuels, a cleantech developer…
Govt partnership to explore sustainable wood products
8 September 2022
A new partnership between the NZ Government and Oji Fibre Solutions could boost the development of sustainable wood products, hydrogen…
Using biomass to take cane trains beyond diesel
1 September 2022
Diesel is impressive. Impressive in its abundance, energy density and liquid transportability. These unique features have made it ubiquitous to…
Horticulture sector eyes new wood fibre technology
18 August 2022
Wood fibre technology could be a game changer for New Zealand’s horticulture industry and help reduce carbon emissions Locally grown…
Introducing the Tigercat 6900 Grinder
15 August 2022
Tigercat officially has introduced the 6900 grinder, the first regular production offering in Tigercat’s material processing category. The 6900 is…
BIOFLASH: Key takeaways from Residues2Revenues 2022
12 August 2022
The transition from fossil to solid biofuels for producing stationary energy is now well underway with Fonterra announcing its fourth…
Residues2Revenues 2022 Event Summary
12 August 2022
Residues2Revenues 2022 saw an amazing turnout of well over 350 delegates, both in person and remotely involved in the conference, pre and…
OneFortyOne to export sawmill woodchips
11 August 2022
OneFortyOne’s New Zealand’s Kaituna Sawmill and Marusumi Whangarei Co. Ltd, have signed an agreement to export wood chip to Japan…
Another major NZ biomass installation planned
5 August 2022
Fonterra is taking another step towards its low carbon transition with its Waitoa site in the Waikato planning to install…
Plant’s biomass boiler beginning operation
30 July 2022
A South Otago dairy industry plant hopes to lead the way in green energy, as it brought a biomass boiler…
Project Case Study: Conveying Equipment for Wood Pellet Plant
27 July 2022
Residues2Revenues 2022 Sponsored Post We have extensive experience providing conveying equipment for Nature’s Flame wood pellet plant in Taupo, the…
Polytechnik recapitalised and under new ownership
14 July 2022
Polytechnik Biomass Energy, a global technology leader in biomass combustion, wood gasification and carbonisation systems has announced that they have…
Energy demands of dairy factories met – 6x over
8 July 2022
There is enough energy left over in forestry residues and other woody waste, such as from orchards, surplus pulp logs,…
Bioenergy is the solution for keeping lights on
27 June 2022
The lack of electricity supply security because of thermal generation plant unavailability reinforces the importance of the need for an…
The purpose of GIDI – EECA | Video
20 June 2022
New Zealand’s Emissions Reduction Plan (May 2022) sets out the pathway for how New Zealand will meet its first emissions…
Solid BioFuels Testing | Webinar
20 June 2022
With Residues2Revenues 2022 running next month, we are highlighting a number of key topics that will be discussed in-depth at…
Waste disposal issues for Russian sawmills escalate
10 June 2022
From 10 July, the Russian wood pellet exports to Europe, the main market for Russian companies, will be completely stopped.…
Switching from coal to wood pellets – a Kiwi case study
8 June 2022
As part of the upcoming Residues to Revenues 2022 event, large scale industrial heat or energy users Fonterra, Danone and…
How NZ could become a decarbonisation world leader
23 May 2022
Energy is the double-edged sword at the root of the climate crisis. Cheap energy has improved lives and underpinned massive…
Exciting addition to In-field chipping workshop
20 May 2022
Forest-based biofuels are occupying an increasingly important role in energy supply. Conversions of large sale industrial heat plants to renewables,…
In-field chipping equipment being showcased at Residues2Revenues 2022
17 May 2022
Forest-based biofuels are occupying an increasingly important role in energy supply. Conversions of large sale industrial heat plants to renewables,…
Matching regional biomass supplies to end user demand
10 May 2022
With the increased interest in bioenergy and biofuels for replacing fossil fuels a focus of sector activities is now on…
Biomass replacement for school coal boilers
9 May 2022
Thanks to a NZ$10-million dollar investment, all remaining coal boilers in New Zealand schools will be replaced with renewable woody…
AU$48.2m grant for Maryvale Energy project
4 May 2022
The Maryvale Energy from Waste (EfW) project has received an AU$48.2 million grant through the Australian Government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative…
Largest project for bio-methanol from pulp waste
29 April 2022
Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, and Veolia recently signed a long-term partnership agreement on the refining of crude methanol…
Study illustrates process of fuel production from waste material
27 April 2022
A new study has explained how fuel can be produced from renewable sources such as waste wood and straw. The findings…
Ravensdown switching to wood biomass fuel
27 April 2022
Ravensdown has announced that it has achieved NZ Government co-funding to accompany the co-operative’s investment to install a biomass combustor…
Carbon solution could decarbonise steel industry
21 April 2022
BIOCARBON, a manufacturer based in Sydney, has found a viable solution to decarbonise the steel industry via its manufacture of…
Wood Energy New Zealand Partnership formed
14 April 2022
A partnership between Pioneer Energy and Niagara Sawmilling Company Ltd in the lower South Island of New Zealand has been…
Marsden Point – a generational leap to biofuels
11 April 2022
The New Zealand Government’s biofuel mandate will require Marsden Point’s big oil tanks and Auckland pipeline – and that means…
Solid biofuel powered tractors being developed
30 March 2022
A prototype tractor which can run on solid biofuel is being developed for the primary industries by AgLoco®, a start-up…
Sustainable Aviation Fuel report released
24 March 2022
A report released this week by the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Alliance of Australia and New Zealand (SAFAANZ) titled Bridging the…
Productivity and costs of logging residue chip sieving
14 March 2022
Sieving of chipped forest fuels has recently been suggested as a way to reduce dry matter losses during storage. Sieving…
US$750m plant for biomass manufacturing
4 March 2022
A sustainable materials company plans to spend at least US$750 million to build a biomass manufacturing facility in Louisiana that…
Specialist wood fuel suggested by Genesis
2 March 2022
Genesis Energy believes converting part of the Huntly power station to run on biofuel could be economic, but it will…
Reducing emissions and costs with integrated transport
21 February 2022
Biofuels can reduce transport emissions and may reduce costs in the heavy vehicle industry reports Foresion in their latest study…
New biomass boiler installed by timber processor
17 February 2022
South East Pine Sales in South Australia, has installed a new biomass boiler at its Wandilo facility, which will generate…
Nature’s Flame wood pellets company sold
17 February 2022
Norske Skog has entered into an agreement with Talley’s Group, a New Zealand based dairy, fishing, produce and food company,…
Producing clean hydrogen using wood chips
17 February 2022
In the global race to curb climate change and reduce carbon emissions, hydrogen is considered a serious contender to replace…
World’s first carbon removal plant using wood wastes
20 January 2022
Located near Bakersfield, Calif., the facility aims to remove carbon from the air by diverting wood waste from open-air burn…
Powering NZ’s future with biofuels
15 December 2021
The NZ Government will introduce a Sustainable Biofuels Mandate to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector, Energy…
Australian company positions itself for green energy
8 November 2021
Sweetman Renewables expansion plans are well underway as its significance in the green energy sector grows through lucrative contracts and…
In-field chipping equipment to be showcased
29 October 2021
Forest-based biofuels are occupying an increasingly important role in New Zealand’s energy supply. Conversions of large sale industrial heat plants…
Forestry interest in biofuel opportunities
27 October 2021
The increasing interest in using biomass instead of fossil fuels has finally woken up the New Zealand forestry and agricultural…
Biomass storage and safety guidelines
15 October 2021
Biomass storage is an essential part of the bioenergy supply chain. Without it, there would not be a way to…
Biomass favourite for decarbonising SI process heat
13 October 2021
Biomass is the clear favourite for industrial process heat users in the South Island of New Zealand looking to decarbonise…
Innovative biomass to biofuel plant announced
7 October 2021
Arbios Biotech, a joint venture of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. and Licella Holdings Ltd, has announced their decision to proceed…
Residues to Revenues 2022 event announced
1 October 2021
For New Zealand and Australia, it’s now been over eight years since the Forest Industry Engineering Association has run a…
New tool for solid biofuel regional supply planning
20 September 2021
Over half of New Zealand’s process heat demand is met by burning fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas,…
Fonterra reduces emissions by 11% by switching to biomass
16 September 2021
Fonterra says it has reduced its greehouse gas emissions from coal by 11 per cent in a year, primarily due…
Bioenergy Wood Energy Knowledge Centre expands
14 September 2021
With the increased interest in transitioning heat boilers from using fossil fuels to wood fuel the Bioenergy Association of NZ…
Wood-fed hydrogen plant to be built in NSW
14 September 2021
Emerging renewables energy business, Sweetman Renewables Limited, has inked a lucrative, multi-million dollar joint venture agreement with CAC-H2 Private Limited…
Wood wastes for green hydrogen
10 September 2021
Mountains of wood waste could be broken down into hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas to reduce fossil fuel consumption, University…
Tools from forestry bioenergy project
1 September 2021
Attempts are being made to shift the focus of energy production globally more and more towards renewable energy sources. In…
Another major NZ industrial plant switches to biomass
27 August 2021
Nelson-based company biomass fuel company Azwood Energy is building a production facility near Milton to service a burgeoning biomass fuel…
The growing market for wood pellets
26 August 2021
Discussions are going on about the EU-Commission’s new forest strategy. In the discussions, sawn timber is pointed out as a…
The current forest biomass controversy
25 August 2021
A major political and environmental dispute has been heating up as the forestry industry and governments promote forest biomass —…
Biomass energy from forests can be sustainable
25 August 2021
The issue of carbon neutrality for wood-based bioenergy just won’t go away. In recent months, Politico, The New York Times,…
Biomaterials paying dividends for forestry giant
25 August 2021
The Helsinki-based forest industry company Stora Enso doubled its business result in April-June compared to the same period last year,…
Another major switch to wood biomass
25 August 2021
As Minister for Energy and Resources Hon Dr Megan Woods officially opened Fonterra’s wood pellet boiler at its Te Awamutu…
Gasified woodchips power first commercial flight
25 August 2021
UK-headed Velocys plc, a developer of advanced biofuels gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology has announced that sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from…
Biofuel truck use damaging to the environment?
25 August 2021
CEAC warns that use of trucks with biodiesel will cause far more damage to environment than using electric trucks, overseas…
Step Changes in Wood Residues Utilisation
1 July 2021
Residues to Revenues 2022 is a two day conference and exhibitions planned for NZ forest owners, sawmills and wood manufacturing…
Residues to Revenues 2022 Launching
1 July 2021
Mark 9-10 March 2022 in your calendar. Residues to Revenues 2022 is returning due to an opportunity the New Zealand…