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Replacing Diesel In Schools With Wood Fuel
Wednesday, 22 April 2026, 8:59 am | Bioenergy Association
Independent analyses frequently show that wood energy delivers some of the lowest delivered heat costs in the country, especially for medium- and large-scale heat users. More >>
Wood Fuel: The Key To Preventing New Zealand’s De-Industrialisation
Thursday, 26 March 2026, 5:17 pm | Bioenergy Association
Wood fuel—produced from domestic forestry residues and low value logs—offers a low-cost practical, scalable, and immediately available solution to halt this slide. More >>
Global LNG And Middle East Instability Reinforce Case For Low Cost, Domestic Wood Energy
Friday, 6 March 2026, 7:55 pm | Bioenergy Association
As global instability grows, New Zealand must prioritise energy options that are affordable, reliable, and under our control. More >>
Proactive Government Action Is Needed To Prevent Disasters, Rather Than Relying On Reactive Responses After The Fact
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 8:29 am | Bioenergy Association
Rather than just repeatedly reinstating infrastructure and farmland only for it to be damaged again in the next storm, New Zealand must take action that prevents the same harm occurring time and again. More >>
Bioenergy Gets A Boost. Now Action Must Follow
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 6:56 pm | Bioenergy Association
We need policy clarity, funding certainty, and implementation frameworks that allow wood energy and biogas to scale, not just be talked about. Bioenergy Association stands ready to collaborate with government and industry to make it happen. More >>
Forests To Fuel Could Slash Electricity Problems
Wednesday, 3 September 2025, 8:25 am | Bioenergy Association
Pricing slash as an energy resource will help create incentives to clear debris before it wreaks havoc on communities. There are also projects underway including Scion’s Biowave marine biofuel project, to turn forest waste into fuels. More >>
Bioenergy: A Ready, Cheaper Alternative To LNG
Wednesday, 23 July 2025, 8:43 am | Bioenergy Association
Instead of pursuing costly LNG imports or building more power stations under the ‘electrify everything’ model, Executive Officer Brian Cox says policy should support fuel-use efficiency and value creation. More >>
Food And Forestry Offer Solutions To Tight Power Supply
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 9:35 am | Bioenergy Association
Regular electricity shortages over New Zealand’s colder months could be a thing of the past if the country diversified its heating sources to include biomass as a fuel. More >>
Closure of refinery will increase barrier to low emissions transport
Thursday, 16 September 2021, 1:02 pm | Bioenergy Association
The announcement that the Marsden refinery is to be closed will increase the barrier to easy achievement of low emissions transport, says the Bioenergy Association. Brian Cox, Executive Officer of the Bioenergy Association said that “The Bioenergy Association ... More >>
Developing a NZ Bioeconomy is 20 Years Overdue
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 10:24 am | Bioenergy Association
“If we are to build our economic resilience and achieve a low carbon NZ economy by 2050 it really is time to get serious about utilising New Zealand’s capability and expertise in waste management, forestry, farming, wood processing and horticulture” ... More >>
Bioenergy provides a future for agriculture within the ETS
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 3:05 pm | Bioenergy Association
The bioenergy sector points to the opportunities for farmers to offset agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions in their submission to the Government on proposals for inclusion of agriculture within the emissions trading scheme.. More >>
Fonterra decision stimulus for increased biomass fuel supply
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 12:05 pm | Bioenergy Association
“The announcement that Fonterra will immediately stop installing any new coal boilers or increasing capacity to burn coal is the signal that the biomass fuel supply industry welcomes” said Brian Cox, Executive Officer of the Bioenergy Association. More >>
Bioenergy solutions can offset farm emissions
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 1:50 pm | Bioenergy Association
The Bioenergy Association welcomes the proposal from Government in its “Action on Agricultural Emissions” to provide credits for reductions of gross greenhouse gas emissions from farms. More >>
Biofuel can be good alternative for woodlot owners
Sunday, 14 July 2019, 3:15 pm | Bioenergy Association
With wood not able to be sold in China the alternative of it being used as biofuel can be good for woodlot owners More >>
Ecogas a model for all communities
Monday, 8 July 2019, 6:36 pm | Bioenergy Association
Ecogas processing of food waste to produce energy and bio-fertiliser at Reporoa is a model for all communities More >>
Christchurch hospital to move from coal to biomass fuel
Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 9:28 am | Bioenergy Association
The Hon David Clark has announced that Christchurch hospital will install two new biomass boilers to replace the existing coal boilers. More >>
It is now time to act
Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 9:15 am | Bioenergy Association
“The time for talking is now over and it is now time to take action” Brian Cox, Executive Officer for the Bioenergy Association says in a review of the report from the Productivity Commission into a low- emissions economy. “The Productivity Commission ... More >>
Otago transitions from coal to wood fuel
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 3:49 pm | Bioenergy Association
The Bioenergy Association says that Otago is well placed to transition from using coal for heating. More >>
Fonterra shows that biomass can replace coal for processing
Wednesday, 2 May 2018, 12:25 pm | Bioenergy Association
Bioenergy Association congratulates Fonterra on its move to use wood fuel at its Brightwater dairy factory. More >>
Reducing emissions by using food waste can also make money
Monday, 16 April 2018, 4:20 pm | Bioenergy Association
In response to the Government’s policy of achieving zero emissions by 2050 the Bioenergy Association says “Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from food processing sector waste should be at the top of the list for encouragement from Government if ... More >>
