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You can't do it alone, bioenergy body hears

Wednesday 2 Nov 16 9:00am

NO COUNTRY has made the move to low-carbon bioenergy without strong governmental support, the New Zealand Bioenergy Association has been told.

Joel Allen
Earlier this year, the Crown-owned forestry research institute Scion told the Government that a million hectares of new forest could produce enough carbon credits to offset 28 per cent of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, as well as supply the feedstock for new bioenergy and biochemicals sectors.

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