New Zealand's Biofuels Legislation Passed
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand's Energy Minister David Parker welcomed the passing in Parliament of the Biofuel Bill yesterday, which he said would stimulate the market for sustainable alternative...

Air New Zealand in Bio Fuel Trial
NEW ZEALAND - Air New Zealand is a step closer to a bio-fuel test flight using a 747-400 aircraft, with the refining of the sustainable fuel underway in the US.

Biofuel Producer Shelves NZ Investment
NEW ZEALAND - A UK biofuel producer is to pull out of plans to invest more than NZ$100 million in New Zealand.

Biofuel from Bacteria
NEW ZEALAND: A study aimed at using bacteria as a source of clean and renewable biofuel has received a NZ$264,000 (US$200,800) research grant from the New Zealand government.

New Zealand Bio-Fuels Bill Update 2008
NEW ZEALAND - This is a GAIN report on New Zealand biofuels bill update prepared by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).

Biofuel Bill Changes Proposed
NEW ZEALAND - The majority report of a New Zealand parliamentary committee has recommended Parliament pass with amendments a Biofuels Bill that would mandate that transport fuels contain...

Biofuels Taking Off with JAL
NEW ZEALAND - Air New Zealand's trying it with jatropha, and Virgin Atlantic thought that coconut oil would do the trick. Now it's time for Japan Airlines to give biofuel flying a ...

Biodiesel NZ Confident about Home-Grown Industry
NEW ZEALAND - Raw material providers, farmers and customers of Biodiesel New Zealand have been contacting the renewable fuel producer asking about its prospects following yesterday’s...

Government Pushes Ahead with Biofuels Bill
NEW ZEALAND - The Government is out of touch with the concerns of New Zealanders over high fuel prices and the international problems with biofuels by pushing ahead with a compulsory...

Biodiesel NZ and Wine Group in Rapeseed Deal
NEW ZEALAND - A land lease deal has been drawn up between Winegrowers of Ara and Biodiesel New Zealand with 760 hectares of flat Waihopai Valley land now destined for oilseed rape and...

Air NZ and Boeing Dependent on Jatropha
NEW ZEALAND - Air New Zealand and Boeing, in an effort to produce a viable biofuel, are depending on jatropha plant to come up with a more cost-effective and environmental-friendly...

NZ Farmers Generate Energy from Biogas
NEW ZEALAND - According to Radio New Zealand, with the increase in fuel and power prices, farmers are thinking up new ways of tapping into their own energy sources.

Aquaflow achieves success harvesting wild algae
NEW ZEALAND - According to Biodiesel Magazine, there is a new biofuel model emerging which is quietly being led by New Zealand’s Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation.

NZ Biodiesel Industry Looks to Canterbury Oilseed Rape
NEW ZEALAND - Biodiesel New Zealand is committed to producing 70 million litres a year of sustainable transport fuel by the year 2011 and is calling for the Government to encourage...

Further success on algae biofuel
MARLBOROUGH, NZ - Two further major breakthroughs have been achieved by Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation, which has been working on world-leading technology to convert wild algae to b...