New Zealand Bioenergy
Update
Ian Nicholas
Why Bioenergy in NZ?
 Renewable
 Carbon Neutral
 Predicted and managed
 Stored and transported
 Waste to energy
 Co-products/environmental benefits
Carbon sinks, carbon offsets
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NZ’s Bioenergy Potential
 Bioenergy is well established in New Zealand
 New Zealand is biomass rich
 Technologies for delivering & using fuels are well

established
New technologies, plant, and industries are
emerging
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Waipa, 1997 (CHP), Kinleith, 1998 (CHP)
Blue Mountain Lumber, 2000 (CHP), CHH Biogrid
Where the
plantation
forests are
Central North Island
569
Northland
199
Auckland
53
East Coast
143
(000Ha)
West Coast
33
Total:
1.7 million ha
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121
Southern North Island 147
Nelson/Marlborough
172
Canterbury
112
Otago/Southland
179
Source: NEFD April 1999
New Zealand Energy
Consumption
Total Final Consumption in 2000 (453PJ)
Total Final Consumption 2000 (453PJ)
19%
Fossil Fuels
7%
Other Renewables
3%
Biomass & Waste
71%
Hydro
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National Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Strategy
 Economy wide energy
efficiency improvement of at
least 20%
 25-55 PJ of additional
consumer energy from RE
 A carbon tax capped at
25NZ$/ton CO2 (form 2007) is
part of the climate change
policies
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New Zealand’s Renewable
Energy Target
 30 PJ of consumer energy
sources by 2012
 This is from 133.5 PJ of
renewable energy in 2000 to
163.5 PJ in 2012
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New Zealand’s Renewable
Energy Target cont.
 It includes the renewable
energy developments which
otherwise would have
happened (represents more
than 50% of the 30 PJ
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Renewable energy
mechanisms
 Planing and policy processes
(improved Resource Management
Act)
 Develop a renewable energy
action plan
 Investigate heat demand across
industrial sectors
 Government purchase programme
for solar water heating (or
comparable technologies)
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Renewable energy
mechanisms cont.
 Review fuel taxes on bio-ethanol
petrol blends
 Pilot plants and demonstrations
 Communicate information
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The Bioenergy Opportunity:
Demand
 New Zealand’s energy demand is increasing
(electricity, heat, transport fuels)
 Transmission constraints exist which
provides opportunity for distributed
generation
 New Zealand is set to ratify Kyoto and have
obligations to reduce GHG emissions
 Renewable energy is good for NZ’s clean
green image
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Future directions
 National Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Strategy Renewables Target
 BANZ: Industry face and presence (energy,
forestry, local government, manufacturing)
 Research
 Education & communication
 Economic assessments (at project and
national level)
 Case studies
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Conclusions
 Bioenergy already does and has significant
potential to contribute to NZ’s energy mix
 Utilise Forest Research’s Supply side
knowledge and increase Demand side
 Role for local energy demand analysis and
integrated land-use planning
 Continue linkages between climate change
mitigation, bioenergy, and forestry.
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