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What information, if any, has the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment received on the technical feasibility, cost, and timing of converting existing Huntly Rankine units to operate on biomass?

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Megan Woods

Member for Wigram · Labour Party

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  • What information, if any, has the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment received on the technical feasibility, cost, and timing of converting existing Huntly Rankine units to operate on biomass?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister for Energy

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I am advised that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has received a range of information from a variety of sources including published documents, stakeholder meetings, and information passed on from other government agencies relating to converting existing Huntly Rankine units to operate on biomass.