Position statement: Increased supply of wood pellets will give large heat users confidence to replace coal with biomass fuel

Increased supply of wood pellets will give large heat users confidence to replace coal with biomass fuel. The announcement that Nature’s Flame has increased its capacity to produce and supply wood pellets to industry for heating will give large industrial heat users greater confidence to replace coal with biomass fuel said the Bioenergy Association.

Brian Cox, Executive Officer of the Bioenergy Association said that “Fonterra’s announcement that it is converting the Te Awamtu milk processing plant to use wood pellets from Nature’s Flame rather than fossil fuels to produce its heat2 ,and the government’s announcement for use of biomass fuel in eight schools and two hospitals, reinforces the confidence that government and industry is having with regard to long term supply of biomass fuel.”