March 3, 2008 (Scoop) – 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.
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Transport fuels from New Zealand biomass a reality
Posted in Biofuels, Cellulosic Ethanol, New Zealand, Transportation, U.S. on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Asia’s tigers eye nuclear future
Posted in ADB, Australia, China, Clean Energy, Hydro, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Legislation, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nuclear, Philippines, Singapore, Solar, Thailand, Vietnam on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
February 15, 2008 (Asia Times) – The 2005-07 spike in petroleum prices topping out at US$100 a barrel has prodded economic planners across the globe to reconsider their energy options in an age of growing concern over global warming and carbon emissions. The Southeast Asian economies, beneficiaries of an oil and gas export bonanza through [...]
Carbon Credits for Commercial Forests in New Zealand
Posted in Carbon Credits, Carbon Offset, Climate Change, Conservation, Legislation, New Zealand on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
February 14, 2008 (New Zealand Herald) – Ministers and officials are grappling with some thorny issues over how to parcel out more than $1 billion worth of free carbon credits to the owners of commercial forests planted before 1990. They ought to have better things to do with their time.
Under the rules of the Kyoto [...]
All aboard for ‘bioloco’ ride – New Zealand testing use of biodiesel in its trains
Posted in Biodiesel, New Zealand on December 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In a first step toward an eco-motivated locomotive fleet, Toll New Zealand is testing the use of biodiesel in its trains.
The six-month trial will use a B5 fuel mix of 5 per cent biodiesel and 95 per cent regular diesel in two trains – one freight and one passenger – dubbed “bioloco” engines.
Toll [...]
Carbon trading centres: ready to flood the Asia Pacific
Posted in Australia, Carbon Credits, New Zealand, Singapore on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Carbon exchanges across the Asia Pacific are getting ready to compete. Governments and business groups in the Asia Pacific are jockeying to establish the best- placed carbon trading hub in the region, in anticipation of substantial growth in both the voluntary and compliance carbon markets.
Asia signs ‘green region’ environment pact
Posted in Australia, China, Climate Change, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines on November 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 22, 2007 (Forbes) – Leaders of 16 Asian nations including China and India signed a pact on the environment Wednesday, pledging action on climate change and forest cover, and promoting the use of nuclear energy. The East Asia Summit members threw their support behind a UN plan as the ‘core mechanism’ [...]
UN warns of climate catastrophe for Australia, New Zealand
Posted in Australia, Climate Change, New Zealand on November 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 19, 2007 (News.com.au) – CLIMATE change is upon us and its impacts could be abrupt and irreversible.
The latest UN report on global warming predicts that in just 13 years, Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics will start to suffer significant biodiversity losses.
New Zealand to Ban New Gas or Coal Fired Generators
Posted in Geothermal, New Zealand, Small-hydro, Wind on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 12, 2007 (Cleantech Network) – The country is moving forward with its plan to produce 90 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2025.The New Zealand government announced plans to introduce a ban on new gas or coal fired generators. The move is part of the country’s target to produce 90 percent of [...]
Contact Energy Plans Largest New Zealand Wind Farm
Posted in Cleantech venture capital, New Zealand, Wind on October 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 16, 2007 (Bloomberg) – Contact Energy Ltd., New Zealand’s biggest publicly traded energy company, may spend as much as NZ$2 billion ($1.5 billion) building the nation’s largest wind farm to help reduce its reliance on gas-fired generation. The Hauauru ma raki site, near Port Waikato on the North Island, has the potential for 218 [...]
Commercial Production Of Biodiesel In New Zealand
Posted in Biodiesel, New Zealand on October 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 11, 2007 (Scoop) – New Zealand owned and Auckland-based Ecodiesel Limited, is successfully leading the charge in turning purified New Zealand tallow or animal fat, a by-product of meat processing, into a precious liquid ‘green fuel’ – biodiesel. Ecodiesel announced today that it has secured sufficient equity from New Zealand investors to establish the [...]
