We are working with the Ministry for the Environment and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority to reduce emissions from the industry sector and process heat through energy efficiency and fuel switching.
In early 2019, MBIE and EECA published a technical paper, Process Heat in New Zealand: Opportunities and barriers to lowering emissions. Feedback on that paper has informed the development of the government’s plan to ensure we have the regulatory and policy settings we need to accelerate energy efficiency and the uptake of renewable fuels in industry.
Read the technical paper and submissions:
Process Heat in New Zealand: Opportunities and barriers to lowering emissions
The factsheets and other resources below summarise our current understanding of process heat.
An overview of process heat - the energy used as heat mainly by the industrial and commercial
sectors for industrial processes, manufacturing, and warming spaces.
PDF, 1.7MB, 5 pages
This factsheet is part of a series on process heat and greenhouse gas emissions. In the wood processing sector, process heat is the heat used to produce hot water, steam or hot oil to make wood-based…
PDF, 1.1MB, 3 pages
An overview of the dairy manufacturing sector
PDF, 701KB, 3 pages
Overview of how process heat is used in meat and meat product manufacturing, including energy demands and related greenhouse gas emissions
PDF, 156KB, 4 pages
Overview of how process heat is used in food and beverage manufacturing, including energy demands and related greenhouse gas emissions.
PDF, 452KB, 4 pages
Overview of how process heat is used in the Petroleum, Chemical & Rubber Manufacturing sectors, including energy demands and related greenhouse gas emissions.
PDF, 248KB, 4 pages
Overview of how process heat is used in primary metal and metal product manufacturing, including energy demands and related greenhouse gas emissions.
PDF, 233KB, 4 pages
Overview of how process heat is used in Non-metallic mineral products, including energy demands and related greenhouse gas emissions.
PDF, 536KB, 4 pages
Overview of how process heat is used in the indoor cropping sectors, including energy demands and related greenhouse gas emissions
PDF, 1.6MB, 4 pages
Initiative Summary for initiative Funding further decarbonisation of industry and heat and implementing supporting policies
PDF, 506KB, 26 pages
Sign up to EECA's quarterly Business Newsletter:
Sign up for news(external link) — EECA
Gen Less's website has tips on how to save energy and increase energy efficiency of process heat systems:
Process heating systems(external link) — Gen Less
Any queries about process heat in New Zealand can be sent to energymarkets@mbie.govt.nz
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