Canterbury waste-to-fuel plant
Felicity Wolfe, Energy News
3 November, 2026
Pefco is planning to build waste-to-fuel plants in Canterbury to produce high calorific pellets, with a pilot plant running in March and a full-scale facility in production by 2028. Process Engineered Fuel Company (Pefco) founder and managing director Carl Storm - who also started NZX-listed WasteCo - says the Christchurch pilot will process about a tonne of waste per hour, with 85 per cent being diverted from landfill. The United States-developed technology being used by Pefco will produce pellets that provide just over 20 gigajoules of energy per tonne, compared to about 23 GJ for coal and between 14 GJ and 17 GJ for wood chip.