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PO Box 11-595
Wellington
New Zealand
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Phone: +64 04 385 3398
Fax: +64 04 385 3397
Email: info@bioenergy.org.nz
http://www.bioenergy.org.nz/

The Bioenergy Association of New Zealand (BANZ) has been established to promote and coordinate the development of a bioenergy industry in New Zealand. The Association provides a central focus point for liaison with Government agencies, the dissemination of information amongst the industry and long-term positioning of bioenergy into New Zealand's energy system.

Members include anyone with a commercial interest in bioenergy - sawmillers, wood processors, energy suppliers, energy researchers, consultants, manufacturers and investors.

The mission of BANZ is to:

• Encourage the utilisation of New Zealand's abundant biomass resources and provide renewable energy in the form of heat, power and transport fuels in a sustainable and cost effective manner.
• Promote to the wider community the environmental benefits of Bioenergy including greenhouse gas mitigation and waste avoidance.
• To facilitate implementation of commercial bioenergy projects

The BANZ vision is that annual bioenergy production form woody biomass will double to 50 PJ by the year 2010.

The Association will:

• Produce an Action Plan that ensures that the Association is financially well supported and able to fulfill its objectives.
• Ensure that all participants in the industry are encouraged to be members, and the Association is highly respected, through the quality and quantity of its activities.
• Nurture the bioenergy industry and the companies that work in it by supporting members to develop their business by providing information and other appropriate assistance.
• Organise seminars, conferences and other promotional and educational events in order to disseminate information relating to biomass use.
• Provide a forum for members to discuss bioenergy projects and to co-ordinate where appropriate.
• Liaise and collaborate with similar international agencies and orgainisations.

1. Actor:

   Business association

2. Sector:

   Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass

3. Activity:

   New Zealand