New Zealand Bioenergy Update Ian Nicholas

Image goes here Why Bioenergy in NZ?  Renewable  Carbon Neutral  Predicted and managed  Stored and transported  Waste to energy  Co-products/environmental benefits Carbon sinks, carbon offsets

Image goes here 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 Waipa, 1997 (CHP), Kinleith, 1998 (CHP) Blue Mountain Lumber, 2000 (CHP), CHH Biogrid

Image goes here Where the plantation forests are (000Ha)

Image goes here New Zealand Energy Consumption Total Final Consumption in 2000 (453PJ)

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National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy  Economy wide energy efficiency improvement of at least 20%  PJ of additional consumer energy from RE  A carbon tax capped at 25NZ$/ton CO2 (form 2007) is part of the climate change policies

Image goes here New Zealand’s Renewable Energy Target  30 PJ of consumer energy sources by 2012  This is from PJ of renewable energy in 2000 to PJ in 2012

Image goes here 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

Image goes here 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)

Image goes here Renewable energy mechanisms cont.  Review fuel taxes on bio-ethanol petrol blends  Pilot plants and demonstrations  Communicate information

Image goes here 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

Image goes here 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

Image goes here 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.