Cheaper, greener energy: Biogas could far outshine imported LNG by 2050, report suggests

Tom Pullar-Strecker, The Post
30 March 2026

Gas industry body GasNZ has called on the Government to set a target of producing 5 petajoules of gas a year from organic waste by 2035, which it estimates would be enough to meet more than a third of demand from households and smaller businesses.

The association, whose members include gas distributors FirstGas and PowerCo, said in a report that biomethane could produce about 25 PJ a year by 2050, which it forecast would be enough by then to meet half the country’s total remaining gas demand.
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