In New Zealand, Air New Zealand, in collaboration with LanzaJet, has announced promising initial findings from a joint feasibility study investigating the use of woody waste and low-value wood products to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in New Zealand. Unveiled with support from the New Zealand Government, Scion, Z Energy, and WoodBeca, this project could […]
In New Zealand, NRZ reported that the country’s biggest gas user Methanex is temporarily shutting its New Zealand methanol plants and selling the gas to power companies. The report noted that the firm would shut its Taranaki plant until the end of October after agreeing to sell the gas to Contact Energy and Genesis Energy. […]
In New Zealand, Air New Zealand has this week received a shipment of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) into Wellington, its first delivery to the nation’s capital city and another small step towards its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Manufactured by EcoCeres in China from 100 percent used cooking oil and supplied and blended by […]
In New Zealand, FCC, one of the international shipping partners of Zespri, has successfully completed a trial using biofuel in a charter vessel operating between Hong Kong and New Zealand. The purpose of the trial was to test the performance of the ship’s engines when burning biofuel. The vessel Kakariki bunkered the biofuel in Hong […]
In New Zealand, a two-year research project has shed light on the promising opportunities for regional New Zealand to adopt short rotation forestry (SRF) for bioenergy production. The findings show that leveraging short rotation forestry will not only diversify regional economies, but also contribute to sustainable land management and generate environmental benefits as New Zealand […]
