Business North June 2015
BIOENERGY » Bioenergy Association of New Zealand
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Having access to a reliable, regular fuel supply is one of the critical considerations for businesses that are committing to a wood fuelled boiler.
the association is launching a new accreditation scheme for wood fuel suppliers. “Large industrial clients and dairy companies need to be sure they are dealing with a supplier who consistently delivers a quality product, in a timely manner. Choosing from a list of accredited suppliers can provide them with this certainty.” BANZ is also launching a registration of wood energy advisers to ensure the competency of any suppliers and installers scoping and installing biomass plants. “We are also developing technical guides to help companies designing these plants to ensure they are doing it well.” BANZ is also looking at other bioenergy fuel sources. These include the potential to collect dairy effluent to produce biogas, which could be
used to generate fuel or electricity. “This could have economic and employment benefits as well as helping to prevent environmental degradation which is becoming quite a significant driver.” Cox says that the higher capital costs to invest in systems which convert organic byproducts to energy are negated by the savings in energy costs. “The economics are definitely there. It’s our job to help de-risk the market so people can see the benefits; and know they can be confident about the supply of wood fuel and the consultants they are dealing with.” “Although bioenergy production is still a small niche market, it is getting to the stage where it is working for more and more people.”
“Although bioenergy production is still a small niche market, it is getting to the stage where it is working for more and more people.”
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Taymac tapping into growing market for wood fired boilers More businesses and organisations are becoming aware of the benefits of waste wood and wood pellet fired boilers for hot water generation, says Geoff Paynter, general manager of Christchurch firm Taylors Manufacturing (Taymac). “These boilers are definitely a growing market for us. They are particularly suited to clients with access to either cheap or free waste wood fuel, such as timber mills and timber processors. We have also supplied wood pellet fires into schools.” Taymac produces wood-fuelled boilers ranging from 100kW to 2MW. “We can deal directly with the end users, and have a full design team to carry out planning, selection of boiler size, and associated drawings.
We can also provide pollution control equipment for boilers and can organise installation if required.” To further enhance the environmental benefits of the carbon-neutral boilers, Taymac is developing a new “high efficient” boiler model, which will be able to succesfully burn wet wood waste. “A lot of imported boilers have issues with wet wood as a fuel source. We are excited about the new boiler and other new products we have under development for this market.” Other products designed and manufactured by the medium to heavy engineering company include coal-fired and diesel-fired boilers, industrial fans, emissions control systems, and tanks. A recent project was the delivery of large
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stainless steel industrial fans to Westland Dairy, through Tetrapak, with the largest being over four metres high coupled to a 350kW high efficiency electric motor. Taymac also recently delivered a large coal hopper to a client in Indonesia. The firm exports to Australia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Papua New Guinea and has a presence in Australia through its subsidiary Fowlerex Technologies. Taymac has been operating for over 100 years and has undergone numerous changes of ownership and focus, with particularly strong growth over the last decade under its current owner. The firm’s other subsidiary companies include
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Taurus Engineering, (a structural steel specialist with a strong focus on the Canterbury rebuild), Airtight Solutions and Taymac Stainless. A metal castings division has also been incorporated into the company, offering competitively priced imported castings, forgings, spinnings, pressings and repetitive maching services, covering all grades of metals from proven overseas suppliers. Taymac also offers general engineering capabilities. A well-equipped workshop utilises a full range of modern CNC plant and equipment. Taymac also has an in-house machine shop, spray booth and fitting shop.
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