"Celebrating Biofuels Today, Ensuring Biofuels Tomorrow"

The Bioenergy Association is delighted to invite MTA members to this year’s Liquid Biofuels event. The programme sets out both a celebration of what we have achieved to date, highlights the experiences of current users and trials and looks to the future setting out progress on achieving advanced biofuels to meet future demand. 

The conference will look at:

• establishing the market
• building customer confidence
• enabling industry experience
• providing an alternative to the mainstream
• delivering on ‘clean and green’
• new business opportunities for fuel producers and fuel users . 

New Zealand’s biofuels sector has come a long way in a very short time.  In today’s economic climate this is in itself quite an achievement.  Sales of over 16.5 million litres of biofuels (biodiesel and bioethanol) between 2007 - 2010 are testament to increasing interest and a growing use by a wide range of vehicle owners.  That’s an increase of nearly 400% in 3 years!

This year’s conference is about showing why more and more customers are using biofuels in New Zealand today – resulting in current demand for biofuels outstripping supply.  It’s also about celebrating the achievements of key players in the sector who, though their efforts on quality, sustainability and customer service, have created a solid basis on which the sector can now build.

But what about future souces of supply? Internationally, the production of advanced biofuels is entering commercial scale and a number of potential producers are eyeing New Zealand as a mature feedstock supplier.   Some of these parties are already seeking partnerships with resource suppliers and this is expected to accelerate as advanced biofuels become attractive to suppliers of retailer fuel.

If you are a vehicle or fleet owner who is considering switching to biofuels, hear first-hand the experiences of those who have gone before you.  Find out who is using biofuels and why.  How has it impacted on their business?  What were their experiences? The aviation sector in particular is seeking to ensure that biofuels are available for the planes that they are now designing. Hear ROC Pty Ltd and Virgin Australia outline their plans for sustainable aviation biofuels. Listen to Volvo Trucks outline why biofuels are important to them.

Hear from those leading the charge for the next generation of fuels – advanced biofuels – and understand the significant potential that such fuels could present to meeting your future fuel supply.  Find out why these opportunities go beyond those of reducing emissions and securing commercial alternatives to fossil fuels.  Advanced biofuels have an advantage in the breadth of biomass feedstocks that they can use which will ensure a confidence in quantity and quality for fuel retailers and vehicle owners.

The Bioenergy Strategy sets out the direction:- "30% of the country's transport fuels by 2040”.  This event is about discussing how you can participate through understanding how biofuels can deliver on CO2 emissions reductions, jobs, consumer choice, new market opportunities and economic growth.

Come along and learn how biofuels can deliver a number of positive environmental outcomes for your business. A draft programme and registration form can be downloaded below.

See for yourself who is using biofuels in with these Biofuels Case Studies. 

Contact the Bioenergy Association for further details on the conference.

2011 Biofuels Conference Registration and Programme [60kB]