New Zealand-based wood and pellet fuels producer, supplier, and distributor Azwood Ltd is enabling "GoodChips", the first international certification scheme for woodchips and sister certification scheme of ENPlus, the world-leading wood pellet certification scheme, to grow its international base by becoming a GoodChips certified company.
According to Bioenergy Europe, securing Azwood reinforces the GoodChips certification scheme’s mission to ensure quality materials are seen throughout the entirety of the supply chain both at a local and international level.
With the company moving around 1 million m3 of raw and processed material each year, it aids towards the country’s aim of lowering its carbon footprint; supplying cost-comparative carbon-neutral wood fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels.
Now, as Azwood Energy takes further steps to ensure only the best in bioenergy is supplied, being a GoodChips certified company guarantees the quality of its woodchip and biomass fuel throughout its vast supply chain across New Zealand.
Azwood Energy has led the New Zealand biomass industry for almost 20 years. The unique methodology that sets us apart has now been bolstered by a quality third-party certified accreditation. This gives our clients an assurance of quality and accountability that will continue to drive the market forward for the next two decades, said Brook Brewerton, General Manager, Azwood Energy.
As wood fuel has the potential to be one of the cleanest means of energy production throughout New Zealand, the marketplace of bioenergy is, like much of the world, an increasingly competitive one.
As the sector grows to have the edge of the GoodChips quality seal, not only ensures a fair, transparent, and structured market for woodchips and hog fuel but also enables Azwood Energy, to stand out among its competitors as focused on quality and accountability.
As the scheme remains the only international certification scheme for woodchips and hog fuel, it is leading the way in identifying and securing a niche in this ever-expanding marketplace.
Azwood was also the first in New Zealand to gain ENplus certification for its wood pellet production.
