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Golden Bay wins renewable energy award, New Zealand

25 May 2012, Published under Cement News

New Zealand-based Golden Bay Cement has been recognised for its use of bioenergy to reduce CO2 emissions, winning the Renewable Energy category in the 2012 EECA Awards. The company has cut CO2 emissions by a 58,000tpa and is saving $3m every year in energy costs, as a result of substituting nearly a third of the coal burned in its kiln for wood fuel, sourced from demolition and construction waste. The project makes Golden Bay Cement New Zealand's largest known user of renewable wood ener...