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The woman chooses a warm meal over a warm house and says she can never have both.
Chasing green electrons: Why Rio Tinto went all-in on Tiwai Point
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Green hydrogen export hub in Australia gets ‘significant’ funding
A Darwin project could be a major breakthrough.
Aotea Energy aims to revolutionise market with peer to peer sharing grid
Māori energy company wants to take whānau off the grid.
Kaipara waste to energy plant investigation ends with no report
The council’s role in any future local WtE plant will be purely regulatory.
Gas production in NZ set to fall below demand
NZ gas production will fall below demand over the next three years, MBIE says.
Govt accused of trying to bury damning oil and gas ban report
The Opposition argues the Government is hiding its inaction with 'pamphlet' strategy.
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Hurricane Beryl strikes at heart of US energy industry
Financial Times: 'Dirty side of a dirty hurricane' presents challenges to infrastructure.
Letters: Power companies switch common decency for profit
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Stock Takes: A new era for power utilities? And sharemarket winners and losers in Q2
Power generation goes from 'nothing-to-see here' to having quite a few moving parts.
What's coming up in final days of Luxon’s action plan
Several items were mere formalities. Others were easy ticks. Anything substantive?
Spark gets go-ahead for surf lagoon data centre
Auckland's data centre boom continues, with the Dairy Flat project given the green light.
Investment deal now signed for Eastland Generation with Obayashi
'Great example of how New Zealand and Japanese companies can successfully collaborate': PM
Power bills pile on the pressure for households, small businesses
Most respondents in a new survey were worried about rising costs and network resilience.
Northland outages: Auckland Mayor suggests bolt removal led to pylon fall
'I am making this assessment well before any official investigation,' Brown wrote.
Liam Dann: How will NZ drive economic growth in the next decade? Why mining won’t cut it
OPINION: The next wave of global economic growth will involve electricity, Liam Dann says.
Fires spark debate on Australia battery recycling and disposal
Workers operating facilities and trucks are facing increasing risks every day.
Lodestone Energy sets sights on Mackenzie Country
The company has plans for a solar farm on the high-country Haldon Station.
Editorial: Data centre deal shows potential future for New Zealand
OPINION: Could NZ's economic future lie in storing other country's data?
The Conversation: Why NZ’s plan to revive offshore exploration doesn’t add up
Resumption of oil drilling flies in the face of projections.
World faces ‘staggering’ excess of oil by end of decade - IEA
Financial Times: We're on track for a surplus of millions of barrels a day, the IEA says.
World faces ‘staggering’ excess of oil by end of decade, warns energy agency
Renewable energy and electric car booms will stunt demand, agency says.
British Labour Party looks to ban new oil drilling as NZ lifts ban
Sir Keir Starmer is pledging to ban new drilling in the North Sea if he becomes PM.
Letters: I'm nearly 80 – and ready to change for the planet's sake
OPINION: 'Our Government is intent on doing what we as a country have always done.'
Tips on how to heat your home and save money
Here's how to make your home warm properly and keep your power bill down.
Mercury's Hawksworth to step down
Mercury's chief executive Vince Hawksworth to retire, with Stew Hamilton taking over.
After the ban: Will big energy players return?
After the ban: Will a gas shortfall entice big players back into the market?
Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms
OPINION: 'We've got unavoidable trade-offs to make,' says Shane Jones.
Mercury to expand Southland wind farm after smelter deal
The stage-two expansion will add 36 turbines and generate 155 megawatts (MW).
Inside Economics: Lower petrol prices as oil slumps and RBNZ’s Budget headache
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