About us

WoodEnergyNZ

WoodEnergyNZ is a Technical Group of the Bioenergy Association. It is the solid biofuels operational arm of the Association with a specific focus on wood energy. It's membership includes all those with a significant commercial or regulatory interest in solid biofuels across New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific. (Solid biofuels include wood energy, herbaceous biofuels and solid municipal biomass.)

WoodEnergyNZ hosts this website, provides oversight of the wood energy sector, manages technical matters, wood energy advocacy and the sector's policy development. It partners with the New Zealand Government on policy development and joint industry/Government initiatives to grow the solid biofuels market, with a specific focus on wood energy.

WoodEnergyNZ has a Steering Committee who meet monthly to deal with all matters relevant to solid biofuels. Each member may have a representative on the Steering Committee. To find other members interested in solid biofuels search the List of Experts 

The Work Plan and Wood Energy Sector Strategy prepared and managed by Biogas NZ is available here.

WoodEnergyNZ focuses on the development of sector technical guides and other resources promoting quality wood fuel standards, along with the Association's  Solid Biofuel Supplier Accreditation and Wood Energy Adviser Registration schemes.  Membership is open to any Bioenergy Association member with an interest in wood energy.

Bioenergy Association

The Bioenergy Association has members throughout the New Zealand, Australian and South Pacific bioenergy industry and is the only bioenergy-specific member association in New Zealand.  We have three operational work streams

The Association provides assistance and a wealth of bioenergy information to support members' business and promote their expertise and capabilities in the relevant bioenergy sectors.  Information is available for  potential investors, policy makers and regulators.

The Association is a collective of people who believe that by working as a group we can make more progress than by acting individually. Members also avoid having to each pay for information which is of common value.

Membership fees go into a pooled fund of money to undertake activities to grow the solid biofuels sector and develop best practice standards. If you want to work with others to ensure that bioenergy solutions contribute to a sustainable future you should join the Association. (Income for association activities is only from membership although from time to time we receive funding for specific projects)

In addition, by working collectively we have a bigger voice for the sector and putting a strong case for bioenergy and biofuels. As a member of the collective you shape the messages and the actions to make bioenergy and biofuels relevant.

Bioenergy Association membership is open to anyone with a commercial interest in bioenergy.  Our members include land and forestry owners, wood processors, feedstock suppliers, fuel and energy suppliers, equipment supplies, manufacturers, consultants, contractors, energy researchers, educators, regulators and investors.

We undertake:

  • Advocacy to central and local government, potential investors, communities and regulators on bioenergy related policy, and opportunities.
  • We establish and publish best practice guides
  • Host dissemination of information through our Bioflash Newsletter, webinars, and the Bioenergy Knowledge Centre.
  • Examples of application of bioenergy are on a searchable database 
  • We provide confidential support to members to assist their business make more money.
  • We assist potential investors in bioenergy based solutions to assess technologies, market opportunities and market risks.
  • We liase with Government and other sector entities to ensure that policy supports the interests of our members.
  • We support members' business and promote their expertise and capabilities in the New Zealand, Australian and South Pacific bioenergy sectors.