Refining NZ touts Marsden Pt as future energy hub

Import operations would use only about a third of site

Wed, 17 Feb 2021

Refining NZ says the import terminal it is proposing at Marsden Point could become an energy 'hub' with the potential to host biofuel and hydrogen production and even liquefied natural gas imports.The company said its proposal to supply about 3 billion litres of imported fuel for Northland and Auckland would require only about a fifth of the site’s existing storage capacity and about a third of the land area.The existing infrastructure lends itself to the country’s transition to biofuels and sustainable aviation fuels, as we...

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