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Work to start on NZ's biggest solar farm in 2025
It would create enough power to supply the equivalent of about 35,000 homes.
Central Auckland power cut hits businesses, homes; biotech company hit mid-experiment
Power has since been restored to affected areas, a Vector spokesperson said.
The rise of nuclear-powered batteries
Financial Times: Companies vie to create small plants for data centres to oil platforms.
Ernie Newman: Govt should be focused on fixing market failures
OPINION: Banking, supermarkets and electricity sector all ripe for better competition.
Pylon collapse shows need for upgrade of Northland's electricity network
Plans to boost Northland's power network after pylon collapse.
Honoured power sector leader on pouring his 'heart and soul' into 55-year career
'It’s important to find your passion as when you love what you do, you do your best work.'
Honoured: Transpower chair Keith Turner
"When it doesn’t perform, everybody notices. When it does perform, nobody notices.”
New Year Honours: Bay of Plenty, Coromandel, Taupō recipients named
Plus - we ask why one city, unusually, has no honourees on this year's list.
Lightning strike: Thousands without power in the North Island, outages hit South Island
The outages are possibly due to lightning strikes.
Genesis CEO Malcolm Johns reflects on a turbulent year for the power industry
Genesis Energy's CEO Malcolm Johns says New Zealand has an energy storage problem.
Meridian, Todd's Nova Energy plan big solar project
Solar farm should generate enough power for about 100,000 homes.
How New Zealand's tallest turbines will power 27k homes by 2026
Mercury's $287 million wind farm near Omamari will produce enough power for 27,000 homes.
National, local companies are creditors of Rotorua housing project
The financier wants $28.2m; unsecured creditors are listed as being owed another $167,000.
Simon Bridges: We must act now to fix our broken energy sector
OPINION: To put it simply, the sector is broken, with weak competition.
Free service launched in Wairoa to help families cut power bills
EnergyMate coaches visit homes, offering tips for drier, healthier, energy-efficient homes
SolarZero staffers protest amid shock liquidation, demand payout from US firm
Employees and supporters today took to Auckland’s streets.
SolarZero collapse: Govt on the hook for $115m, Willis seeks urgent advice
Staff protest outside BlackRock's Auckland office.
Tauhara geothermal station finally opens after delays and cost increases
The cost soared from $580m to $924m but output capacity is up on original expectations.
Billionaire Adani charged in US over alleged $425m bribery scheme
Financial Times: Tycoon and others accused of lying to land lucrative contracts.
NZ consumers face 5% increase in power prices
From April 2025, the average consumer’s electricity bill will increase by $10 per month.
Inside Wellington’s nuclear fusion reactor experiment
This start-up is in an effort to achieve abundant energy.
Richard Harman: What’s obvious to Blind Freddy
OPINION: The emphasis has shifted from environmental protection to resource development.
Competition risks in 'super-peak' electricity hedging contracts
The Electricity Authority warns that a section of the market is neither deep nor liquid.
Rules coming to stop power being shut off to medically dependent customers
The Electricity Authority is set to implement rules.
Power out for hundreds in south Wellington
The cause is unknown, Wellington Electricity says.
Ōkere Falls geothermal power station granted resource consent
The power station will use geothermal fluid to generate electricity.