Supply Certainty

Your Energy Supply, Secured

Nature’s Flame produces up to 200,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year from the heart of New Zealand’s forestry region. If you’re running a wood pellet boiler, or thinking about making the switch, this is where your fuel comes from. Consistent quality, flexible delivery, and long-term contracts built around your operation.

1.7 Million Hectares of Fibre Security

New Zealand has over 1.7 million hectares of planted Pinus Radiata, and nearly a third of it sits within direct reach of our Taupō plant. Fresh sawdust and shavings arrive daily from local sawmills under long-term contract.

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We Grow With Your Demand

In 2022 we produced 80,000 tonnes. In 2023, 118,000 tonnes. By 2024 we reached 150,000 tonnes, and with our latest plant upgrades we now have capacity for 200,000 tonnes per annum, with the ability to expand to 300,000 tonnes. When your business grows, our supply grows with it.

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Consistent Availability, Seasonal Flexibility

Exporting is a cornerstone of our growth strategy, allowing us to expand and consistently outpace NZ demand. It cushions our customers against their variable usage, through providing the flexibility to meet your seasonal demand patterns. This means consistent product availability today and capacity to support your future growth plans. You’re not waiting on us to build something, the supply exists now.

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Delivery Options

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Bulk Blown Delivery

For sites with automated feed systems or high safety requirements, we pneumatically convey pellets directly into your storage through a pipe from a truck. No manual handling, no dust, no spills, and minimal disruption to your operation. Clean.

Bulk Bags

For sites that need flexibility, have low usage, or storage limitations, one-tonne bulk bags can be moved with standard forklift equipment. A clean, practical option for sites not yet set up for blown or loose bulk delivery.

Loose Bulk Delivery

For larger commercial and industrial customers, loose bulk by truck is the most cost effective option. Our Taupo facility handles daily dispatch across New Zealand and to Port of Tauranga, with multi-point screening to guarantee contaminant-free product.

The Commercial Case for Wood Pellets

Price-stable, automated, low-maintenance, and ETS-exempt. Here’s why New Zealand’s leading manufacturers and facilities managers are making the switch.

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Protection from Global Energy Volatility

Geopolitical instability, shipping disruptions, and rising carbon prices are creating sustained upward pressure on coal, gas, and diesel. A long-term contract removes that exposure entirely. Your price is indexed to known factors. Your supply is local. Your risk is gone.

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Get Ahead of Regulation

Wood pellets decarbonize New Zealand by replacing fossil fuels in industrial boilers, leveraging sustainable forestry waste to create a low-carbon energy source that is ETS-exempt. The switch to biomass also supports New Zealand exporters in meeting the stringent, high-value decarbonization requirements of their international customers. As regulatory and commercial pressure on emissions intensifies globally, organizations already on a supply agreement with us are ahead of the curve. If your international customers are asking about your emissions footprint, a biomass supply agreement is one of the clearest answers you can give them.

FAQ

Questions & Answers

Is there enough pellet supply in New Zealand?admin2026-04-28T00:16:30+00:00

Is there enough pellet supply in New Zealand?

Yes. New Zealand has a growing and reliable supply of wood pellets, supported by its large forestry sector and increasing domestic production capacity. Wood pellets in New Zealand are produced from sawdust, shavings, and other lower value arisings generated by the timber and forestry industry. This means pellet fuel uses existing forestry by-products rather than requiring additional trees to be harvested.
The country’s plantation forestry sector produces significant volumes of these residues each year on a sustainable basis, creating a stable long-term feedstock for pellet manufacturing.

How does pellet pricing compare long term to alternatives?admin2026-04-28T00:16:42+00:00

How does pellet pricing compare long term to alternatives?

Wood pellet pricing is generally more stable than gas over the long term.
Pellets are produced locally from forestry residues, and are not reliant on convoluted, global supply chains.
At Nature’s Flame, geothermal steam is used for drying which helps reduce exposure to climatic i as well as global energy market volatility.
Long term supply agreements can also provide greater price certainty for businesses planning their energy costs.

What happens at end of boiler life?admin2026-03-29T22:46:07+00:00

What happens at end of boiler life?

Biomass boilers typically have a long operational life and can be refurbished or upgraded over time. At the end of their service life, many components such as steel, motors, and control systems can be recycled or replaced, allowing the system to be updated with newer, more efficient technology.

How secure is fibre supply?admin2026-04-28T00:16:01+00:00

How secure is fibre supply?

Very secure. Wood pellets are made from locally sourced forestry residues including sawdust and shavings as well as lower grade forestry arisings, generated every day by New Zealand’s timber and forestry industry. That steady by product stream, backed by the scale of NZ forestry, provides a reliable long term feedstock for pellet production. This is particularly so for Nature’s Flame, located in the Central North Island alongside a long term integrated and sustainable forestry sector. By utilizing such arisings, we support the ongoing viable forestry sector to produce their higher grade products to meet local demand such as verified structural lumber, as well as support forestry’s higher value export markets such as clear wood to USA and Europe.

What infrastructure is required onsite?admin2026-04-28T00:16:20+00:00

What infrastructure is required onsite?

A wood pellet heating system typically requires a biomass boiler, a pellet storage unit and fuel receival facility, and an automated conveyance system that feeds the boiler. Pellet delivery trucks deliver fuel directly into the storage unit, thus minimising manual handling. These systems are generally designed to integrate with existing heating infrastructure