Environmentalists vow to block woodchip export plan in NSW Hunter region
by Lisa Cox from on (#5PA76)
Startup energy firm's bid to send up to 60,000 tonnes of woodchips to Japan for burning in power plants condemned by conservation group
Environmentalists say they will try to block a plan to export up to 60,000 tonnes of woodchips a year from Newcastle that would be used to fuel Japanese power stations.
Energy startup Sweetman Renewables has signed a 20-year supply agreement with Sinanen Holdings to supply biomass to four biomass power plants in Japan.
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