Energy Issues
27 landowners sign up for wind farm
The Southland Times
27 July 2010
27 July 2010
Genesis Energy is pushing ahead with its latest wind farm project and has applied for resource consent for a development in northern Wairarapa. The proposed Castle Hill Wind Farm would be spread over 30,000 hectares of land 20 kilometres northeast of Masterton in the south and 20km east of...More>
Vector powers up renewable energy drive
The New Zealand Herald
22 July 2010
22 July 2010
Photo / AP Hubbard Foods and lines company Vector are teaming up using the latest technology in solar energy to create the largest thin-film solar PV installation on a commercial business in New...More>
Govt releases draft energy strategy
The National Business Review
22 July 2010
22 July 2010
The Government has released a draft New Zealand Energy Strategy (NZES) and a draft New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (NZEECS). Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee said today the strategies had been updated to align with current government energy policy priorities and to reflect a stronger...More>
Campaign launched against Canterbury wind farms
The National Business Review
2 July 2010
2 July 2010
Fresh out of the High Court in Dunedin over Project Hayes, Meridian is facing a campaign against wind farms in Canterburys Hurunui district. Meridians Project Hurunui currently at public consultation stage will see the installation of 33 turbines on private farmland 66km north of Christchurch,..More>
Brownlee welcomes renewable energy rise
Waikato Times
2 July 2010
2 July 2010
Renewable electricity generation is on the rise - up 8 percentage points last year, Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee says. The New Zealand Energy Data File released today by the Ministry of Economic Development showed in 2008 annual renewable electricity generation was at 65 percent and that...More>
Brownlee welcomes renewable energy rise
The Southland Times
1 July 2010
1 July 2010
Renewable electricity generation is on the rise - up 8 percentage points last year, Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee says. The New Zealand Energy Data File released today by the Ministry of Economic Development showed in 2008 annual renewable electricity generation was at 65 percent and that...More>
Marlborough Lines seeks more of Horizon Energy
The National Business Review
30 June 2010
30 June 2010
Marlborough Lines Ltd continues to stalk hostile target Horizon Energy Distribution Ltd with a move today to buy another 5 percent of the Whakatane-based electricity distribution...More>
Wind farm decision 'as soon as possible'
The Southland Times
23 June 2010
23 June 2010
The prospect of Project Hayes opponents forking out more money to fight Meridian Energy should be avoided if at all possible, the High Court in Dunedin was told...More>
Marlborough Lines reaches 8.15% of Horizon Energy
The National Business Review
16 June 2010
16 June 2010
Marlborough Lines is making progress with its stand in the market to buy 10.1% of Horizon Energy Distribution as a notice to NZX today discloses it has an...More>
Transpower cable $53 million boost for Vector
The New Zealand Herald
15 June 2010
15 June 2010
Transpower will lay a 220kV cable through the 9km Penrose to Hobson St tunnel which was built in 2001. Photo / Brett Phibbs Vector stands to make $53 million from Transpower to lay high-voltage cable through its Auckland isthmus tunnel and North Shore transmission...More>
Power project damned
Waikato Times
8 June 2010
8 June 2010
A billion-dollar geothermal power project being fast-tracked by the Government could threaten the stability of a nearby hydro dam, says one of Contact Energy's...More>
NZ engineers win Comoros geothermal project
The National Business Review
7 June 2010
7 June 2010
Geothermal energy consultants Sinclair Knight Merz have been hired by a Dubai-controlled company to make a geophysical survey of the three Comoros islands in an Indian Ocean archipelago between north-eastern Mozambique and north-western...More>
New power plant tip of geyser
The Southland Times
7 May 2010
7 May 2010
One of the largest geothermal power stations built in the world over the past decade officially opens in Taupo next month, generating enough electricity to power 140,000...More>
First US offshore wind farm approved - Video
3 News
29 April 2010
29 April 2010
A whole new way of generating electricity in the US drew a big step closer to reality. It could look like this: 130 windmills, 440 feet tall, rising from the ocean a few miles off Cape...More>
Windfarms stands by compliance
Waikato Times
24 April 2010
24 April 2010
New Zealand Windfarms is standing by its compliance record for the Te Rere Hau wind farm near Palmerston North, despite more than 370 noise complaints in less than a year more than a complaint a...More>
Windfarms stands by compliance
The Southland Times
23 April 2010
23 April 2010
New Zealand Windfarms is standing by its compliance record for the Te Rere Hau wind farm near Palmerston North, despite more than 370 noise complaints in less than a year more than a complaint a...More>
Wave power proposed for Chatham Islands
Radio New Zealand
18 April 2010
18 April 2010
An energy company has lodged an application to build a $5 million wave-generation plant in the Chatham...More>
Feds denied role in wind farm action
The Southland Times
9 April 2010
9 April 2010
A high court judge has knocked back a bid by Federated Farmers to become involved in the ongoing legal action over the Project Hayes wind farm. Federated Farmers wanted to join the appeal to clarify the impact on section six of the Resource Management Act, which covers outstanding...More>
New Hope joins the bidding war for Macarthur coal
The New Zealand Herald
9 April 2010
9 April 2010
SYDNEY: New Hope, an Australian coal producer, has bid $3.71 billion in shares to buy Macarthur Coal, battling rival proposals from Peabody Energy and Noble...More>
Electricity industry aims to avoid shortage
Radio New Zealand
19 March 2010
19 March 2010
The electricity industry is manoeuvring to avert a possible electricity supply crunch that has been signalled for...More>
Electricity board members appointed
Radio New Zealand
19 March 2010
19 March 2010
The Government has appointed board members to the new energy regulator that will set up the body to replace the Electricty...More>
New electricity board set up
The National Business Review
18 March 2010
18 March 2010
The Electricity Authority Establishment Board has been set up with Dr Brent Layton appointed chairman. Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee said the board's job was to set up the Electricity Authority, which will replace the Electricity Commission by October...More>
Meridian wind farm deal
The New Zealand Herald
18 March 2010
18 March 2010
New Zealand electricity generator Meridian Energy has entered a joint venture with AGL Energy of Australia to build the A$800 million ($1 billion) Macarthur Wind Farm in southwest...More>
Meridian builds new wind farm in Victoria
The National Business Review
17 March 2010
17 March 2010
New Zealand electricity generator Meridian Energy Ltd has entered a joint venture with big Australian company AGL Energy Ltd (AGL) to build the $A800m Macarthur Wind Farm in south-west...More>