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With Residues2Revenues 2026 now only a couple of weeks away, Brisbane is getting ready to host this year’s event, bringing together forestry, wood processing, energy and technology companies to explore new opportunities for wood residues — from liquid fuels and lignin-based products to biochar and carbon removal.
In the meantime, grab a coffee and catch up on the latest news, technology and developments from across the industry.
07 Sep 2026
Biomass trial produces industrial heat at less than $3/GJ
A biomass trial at JBS Riverina’s Yanco facility in New South Wales has produced thermal energy at a supply cost of less than $3 per gigajoule (GJ), highlighting the potential for biomass to provide a lower-cost alternative to conventional industrial ...
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07 Sep 2026
Beyond Woodchips: Australia’s hardwood plantation industry must innovate
For more than three decades, Australia’s hardwood plantation industry has been built on a simple but largely successful business model: growing world-class plantation fibre for export to Asia’s pulp mills. It has underpinned regional economies, attracted significant investment and established ...
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07 Sep 2026
UBC-developed ‘wood foam’ enters production
Inside a new facility at Main Street and Terminal Avenue, wood fibre is moving through a production line and emerging, transformed, as a block of lightweight “wood foam.” For Dr. Feng Jiang, who first developed the material in his laboratory ...
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07 Sep 2026
Free program to help SMEs advance AI and digital tech ideas in Queensland
The free eight-week online program, delivered by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, helps businesses turn early-stage ideas into actionable R&D plans while building connections with expert facilitators and researchers. Offered through the Queensland Government-funded Regional University Industry Collaboration (RUIC) program, ...
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07 Sep 2026
Canada and Australia are asking similar questions – but arriving at different answers
New Canadian research echoes themes explored by Australia’s System 600 while highlighting different approaches to industrialised housing. When Perkins&Will recently released its research into a modular mass timber housing system for Canada, the immediate takeaway was straightforward: another country is ...
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07 Sep 2026
Enforcement data reveals where forestry needs to lift its game
Strengthening organisational capability, planning, supervision and risk management remains one of the forestry sector’s biggest challenges, according to new enforcement data released by WorkSafe New Zealand. During the 2025/26 business year, WorkSafe conducted 526 assessments across the forestry industry. One ...
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