[Terrapreta] Bioenergy Association of New Zealand will hold Biochar & Pyrolysis workshops

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Energy research to combat climate change
Monday, 10 March 2008, 5:18 pm
Press Release:  Massey University  
Monday, March 10, 2008  
Forum for latest energy research to combat climate change  
The University's Centre for Energy Research and the Bioenergy Association of  
New Zealand will hold workshops on Wednesday 12 March at the Gateway Hotel, 
206  Kirkbride Rd, Mangere, near Auckland International Airport.  
The two workshops of half a day each will be to present and discuss the  
results of recent research into
feasibility studies funded by the FIDA  Bioenergy Initiative, and biochar and 
pyrolysis.  
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Bioenergy is becoming economic in niche situations as a source of energy and  
projections are that it will soon start providing forest owners with an  
additional source of revenue. These workshops are part of the Bioenergy  
Association’s programme of focused workshops aimed at increasing value from wood  crops 
for foresters; providing alternative energy sources for users; and  widening 
our horizons with regard to utilising the immense biomass resources  currently 
being wasted.  
The two workshops will dovetail into each other with the first focusing on  
the issues stopping current uptake, and the second looking further ahead.  
Morning workshop – Assessment of Current Bioenergy Opportunities  
The Forest Industry Development Agenda Bioenergy initiative has been funding  
potential project developers to support feasibility studies as well as 
provide  business grants, e.g. demonstration projects. Copies of the resulting  
feasibility reports are available on the Bioenergy Knowledge Centre website  
www.bioenergy-gateway.org.nz
The workshop will present the results of some of  those studies and focus on 
the barriers that need to be addressed in order to  increase the uptake of 
bioenergy and increase the financial returns to forest  owners.  
Afternoon workshop - Biochar and Pyrolysis: Opportunities for the NZ Forestry 
 Industry  
The Massey University Biochar Initiative launched by Massey University as  
part of its successful bid to establish the two new MAF Professorships in  “
Biochar and Bioenergy Pyrolysis Engineering”, and in “Biochar and Soil Science  
Research”, is a wide ranging, multi-year, internationally-linked research and  
development programme, which aims to advance the understanding of biochar as a 
 mitigation solution to global climate change and to enable its uptake in New 
 Zealand – particularly by the agricultural, pastoral and forestry sectors.  
ENDS 
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