Biogas a missed opportunity as NZ searches to fill energy shortage, says World Biogas Association boss

Biogas a missed opportunity as NZ searches to fill energy shortage, says World Biogas Association boss
Biogas sector calls for level playing field with natural gas. (Image: NZME)
Ian Llewellyn
As New Zealand grapples with an energy shortage and fuel security, a global proponent says a homegrown source is a solution to many issues if the policy settings are right in the form of biogas.Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the World Biogas Association based in London, is in NZ as a keynote speaker at Gas NZ’s Biogas forum on July 17-18.Morton said international experience in biogas had been driven by energy shortages, which had overcome concerns about scale and cost due to necessity.In NZ, biogas and wider biofuels in general have...

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