News, media and events
Residues to Revenues 2009
10-11 June 2009
Novotel Lakeside
Rotorua
New Zealand
15-16 June 2009
Bayview Eden
Melbourne
Australia
Residues to Revenues 2009 will provide updates on:
• Biomass resources: potentials, quantities, measurements methods, qualities and properties for forestry feedstock
• Fuel production, logistics and technologies: production, pre-treatment, procurement, transport and logistics
• Developments in combustion and boiler systems
• Innovative options for by-product utilisation
• Combined Heat and Power Production (CHP): power plant and small scale technologies and systems for CHP production
Confirmed topics include:
• Bioenergy overview (from two leading global experts)
• Bioenergy initiatives in Australasia
• Managing wood resources for Bioenergy
• Energy options for wood processing companies
• By – product utilisation with a focus on opportunities with wood pellets
For more information visit the
Residues to Revenues 2009 website.
Fieldays 2009
10-13 June 2009
Mystery Creek
Hamilton
New Zealand
The premier feature for Fieldays 2009 is 'My Land, Our Environment'. This is a chance to show the world how New Zealand earns it's clean, green image.
For more information visit the Fieldays website.
SawTech 2009
9-10 September 2009
Novotel Lakeside
Rotorua
New Zealand
14-15 September 2009
Bayview Eden
Melbourne
Australia
The SawTech series is a two-yearly practical programme that provides New Zealand and Australian sawmilling companies information on the very latest technologies, innovations and tools that can be used to improve their sawing efficiencies. It also provides “up to date” techniques that are successfully being used by leading saw suppliers and saw-shops on designing, selecting, maintaining and operating saws.
For more information visit SawTech 2009 website
* Postponed* 2010 Forest Industries Expo, April 2010, Rotorua
The organizers of the popular four yearly Forest Industries Expo have
made the
difficult decision to postpone the 2010 event until the global economic
downturn has eased...press release [PDF, 7 kb]
For more event listing:
April 2008,
New Zealand Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Initiative - Feasibility Study Short Report - April 2008
March 18, 2008
Purpose Grown Energy Forests the Key to Self-Sufficiency.
Purpose-grown energy forests if planted today could meet all of New Zealand’s future transport fuel and heat energy needs, without threatening the country’s important agricultural industry, according to a study completed by Crown Research Institute, Scion...read report. [PDF, 80kb]
March 3, 2008
Transport Fuels from New Zealand Biomass a Reality.
Biofuels generated from New Zealand-grown softwood feedstocks have been identified as a feasible, large scale option for meeting both the low-carbon transport vision of the Government’s 2007 Energy Strategy (NZES) and Biofuels Sales Obligation (BSO), say the authors of a report by the New Zealand Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Initiative...read report. [PDF, 98 kb]
28 May 2007
Seeking proposals from experienced energy consultants
The Bioenergy Knowledge Centre (BKC) is seeking proposals from experienced energy consultants to take part in the BKC call centre as a call centre expert. Please view the attatched Expression of Interest (EOI) document for more details.
2 May, 2007
Study shows renewable energy potential for Bay of PlentyA study out yesterday identifies 100 MW of potential electricity generation from renewable resources in the
Bay of Plenty region.
7 February, 2007
Website to help forest industry cash in on wood waste In 2005, wood provided 6% of New Zealand’s total energy needs. There is potential for much greater use particularly in the form of woody biomass or wood waste. With fossil fuel prices on the rise, using woody biomass as an energy source is a viable alternative.
7 February, 2007
Online calculators help sawmillers utilise wood-waste for energy
New Zealand sawmillers are being encouraged to find economic value in wood waste, with the help of a range of online bioenergy calculators.
15 December 2006Website to help forest industry cash in on waste. A new web-based service which will promote the use of forest waste for energy was launched today by Jeanette Fitzsimons, Government Spokesperson on Energy and Conservation...
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24 November 2006
Speech for Bioenergy Knowledge Centre announcement at the NZ Wood Pellet Conference...
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