Environmentalists vow to block woodchip export plan in NSW Hunter region

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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