Turning pine slash into marine biofuel

Friday 25 Oct 2024

 
In a laboratory on the outskirts of Rotorua, scientists are honing a process that could one day deliver a $600 million-a-year marine biofuel industry to help with shipping’s carbon problem. It’s world-leading technology that could lead to the establishment of a sustainable timber-based marine biofuel industry in New Zealand to help reduce the climate impact of shipping our exports to the world.

As a commodity exporter distant to the countries it exports to, New Zealand is exposed to a global shipping industry responsible for around 3% of human generated carbon emissions, and left unchecked could rise into double digits by 2050.

There’s no shortage of ambition to decarbonise shipping. The International Maritime Organisation has challenged the marine cargo industry to go carbon neutral by 2050. 

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Source: The Press
Image credit: Scion


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