Low Carbon Future Award
This award recognises emissions reduction initiatives carried out by the New Zealand energy sector. We want to hear about initiatives large and small that contribute to reducing or avoiding emissions of carbon dioxide and/or other greenhouse gases.
Sponsored by
Ecogas
Closing the food and energy loop through anaerobic digestion
winner
Low Carbon Future Award
New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards 2023
In October 2022, Ecogas opened the country's first commercial-scale anaerobic digestion facility at Reporoa.
The plant has already processed almost 7,500 tonnes of food waste, ahead of forecast volumes, and has prevented the equivalent of up to 13,000 tonnes of CO2 being released into the atmosphere. The biogas produced will be used to make electricity, heat, biomethane and bio-CO2.