18 Feb 2010
18 Feb 2010
Bioenergy is a potentially significant contributor to the national energy mix in New Zealand. At present however the resource is largely untapped and the potential unrealised. All this is set to change however with an industry lead initiative to develop a proposed National Bioenergy Strategy. The Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ) says by 2040 New Zealand’s bioenergy sector could be supplying more than 25% of the county’s energy needs, including 30% of the country’s transport fuels.”
18 Feb 2010
Matariki Forests is pleased to announce that it has completed the investment by Phaunos Timber Fund Limited in the Matariki Forestry Group today. The aggregate investment is NZD 167 million.
23 Feb 2010
Scientists are trying to explain why tree-rings that successfully track northern hemisphere temperature changes for about a century, fail to do so from the 1960s.
25 Feb 2010
A blaze northwest of Dunedin has engulfed more than 700 ha of a cut-over Wenita forestry block just above the Taieri River at Mt Allen, according to a report in the Southland Times.
4 Mar 2010
The taskforce set up by the government to determine how New Zealand can get the greatest benefit from its Crown Research Institutes has presented its report to shareholding ministers. It has recommended that the CRI system be reformed so that CRIs are more accountable for undertaking research that is relevant to New Zealand and less accountable for making a return on investment.
5 Mar 2010
8 Mar 2010
An engineer working on the development of multi-storey buildings made from laminated veneer lumber held together by high-strength steel cables is the winner of the Young Engineer of the Year Award.
