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'We've got plenty of it': Government aims to replace fossil fuels with wood by 2050

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Thu, 23 Oct 2025, 8:36am

'We've got plenty of it': Government aims to replace fossil fuels with wood by 2050

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 23 Oct 2025, 8:36am

The Government has released a new energy plan. 

The 'Wood Energy Strategy and Action Plan' aims to fire up the bioenergy sector.

The strategy claims would energy could replace 40% of fossil-fuelled process heat by 2050, displacing 300,000 tonnes of coal at Huntly. 

Executive officer of bioenergy association Brian Cox told Mike Hosking that 'what the government did yesterday is a little step in the way, but we've got to do a lot more.'

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