New Zealand
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| Population: | 4,115,771 (July 2007 est.)[1] |
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| GDP (PPP): | $106 billion (2006 est.)[1] |
| Petroleum – consumption – imports: – Gasoline to diesel ratio: | 150,600 bbl/day (2004)[1] 119,700 bbl/day (2001)[1] ??? |
| Electricity – consumption – Main sources: | 38.22 billion kWh (2004)[1] ??? |
| Renewable energy targets: | 30 PJ of added capacity (including heat and transport fuels) by 2012.[2] |
| Ethanol – production: – target: – feedstocks: | ??? ??? ??? |
| Biodiesel – production: – target – feedstocks: | ??? ??? ??? |
Information about bioenergy in New Zealand.
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News
- Carbon Gas Is Explored as a Source of Ethanol, 24 April 2007 from the New York Times. A New Zealand company has recieved financing from Vinod Khosla to commercialize a technology to produce ethanol from carbon monoxide gas (CO). Bacteria consume the gas and produce ethanol. Carbon monoxide is produced as a by-product of many industrial processes, including steel production.
- NZ firm makes bio-diesel from sewage in world first. Marlborough-based Aquaflow Bionomic yesterday announced it had produced its first sample of bio-diesel fuel from algae in sewage ponds.
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Companies
- Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation - A New Zealand based company that is the first to harvest wild algae (from waste-water treatment plants) for biodiesel production.
- LanzaTech - Developing "an ethanol production process that can be retrofitted to industrial facilities to generate ethanol from the carbon monoxide component of waste flue gases."[1]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
- ↑ REN21 Renewables Global Status Report 2005 p. 20
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