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Burning issue: Incinerator proposal sparks record number of submissions
The Waipā District Council says the number of submissions was the highest ever received.
Genesis Energy board, CEO quizzed on soggy share price
Relative underperformance of share price put down to usage of fossil fuels.
Meridian Energy turns 10, seeks offshore wind opportunities
Meridian teams up with Belgian offshore wind developer.
Residents take to streets to protest waste-to-energy plant
Te Awamutu community members marched last Sunday against a proposed incinerator.
Focus: Chris Bishop on offshore wind farm announcement
Chris Bishop addresses media after National Party leader Christopher Luxon announced the party wants to support offshore wind farms. Video / Derek Cheng
Plans announced to build country's largest EV charging hub in Tauranga
Stage one of the charging hub was expected to be complete by the end of 2024.
Mood of the Boardroom: Energy security under threat - Genesis boss
MBIE estimates that generators will need to import gas in the next decade.
Consumer Watchdog critical as Contact Energy hikes prices by 10pc
Price rise for around half the firm's customers. Move follows broadband price rise.
Policy puts spotlight on slave labour in the solar panel supply chain
China makes 90 per cent of the world's solar panels.
Taiwanese technology powers up Ōkarea Marae with clean, green solar solutions
The Solar Solutions for Māori Communities programme is freeing up marae costs.
Danish renewables developer shifts offshore focus to Waikato
The developer is looking at the feasibility of offshore wind power generation in NZ.
The $360 payout: Are you in line?
It is New Zealand’s largest dividend payout, with more than $2b paid out since 1994.
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister says oil cuts not about ‘jacking up prices’
Financial Times: Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman defends lower output as crude nears US$95.
'Compliant and safe': Firm backs under-fire waste-to-energy project
Backers of a waste-burning electricity generation project say it will be compliant.
The Warehouse Group sites to be powered by solar farms
More than 260 sites owned by The Warehouse Group are set to be powered by solar farms.
Renewables race: The $30b electricity transition
Why NZ power companies are undertaking a once in a generation infrastructure programme.
Markets with Madison: Renewables race
Electricity generation companies are spending billions on wind, solar and geothermal power plants to take New Zealand to 100 per cent renewable – who will win and lose the race? Video / NZHerald
BP chief Bernard Looney resigns over past relationships with colleagues
Financial Times: Irish executive has led British oil major since 2020
Australia revamps hydrogen push to reshape economy
Financial Times: Govt to offer subsidies to transform towns such as Wollongong.
Fiji’s Deputy PM calls on NZ Govt for visa-free travel
Biman Prasad says visa-free travel is the surest way to improve economic ties.
What the big power companies can teach NZ Inc
OPINION: The power companies have been a bright spot in the reporting season.
Eastland taps into NZGIF funding for geothermal project
The NZGIF will lend up to $25m to Eastland Generation for its geothermal project.
Meridian plans $3b spend-up on renewables
Meridian has lifted its annual operating profit and dividend.
John Berry: The Govt and BlackRock - what have we just endorsed?
OPINION: BlackRock isn't here on a mercy mission, but to do business and make money.
Bumpy flying: Air NZ faces up to the real cost of going green
Airline falls well short of jet fuel replacement target after supply problems.
'Destruction could have been avoided': Maui County sues electric company over fires
Hawaiian Electric Co failed to shut off power despite exceptional winds, dry conditions.
Power unaffordability for whānau ‘unacceptable’, Energy Hardship Panel says
A total of 8000 homes have been disconnected in the past few years due to unaffordability.
What a deluge: High rainfall drives Genesis to record $523m earnings
The power company opted to keep its dividend steady in order to pay down debt.
The great divide: Will technology solve the climate crisis?
OPINION: Some say we have to change the way we live, others pin their hopes on tech.
Thomas Coughlan: National's concerning lack of climate policies
OPINION: National's main climate policy is to repeal Labour's.
60-metre turbine blade transported to wind farm site
Footage of a 60-metre turbine blade being transported from Napier up to the Harapaki Wind Farm site. Video / Meridian Energy
Rotorua hapū fits out new papakāinga homes with geothermal heating
The housing is for hapū members currently living in emergency accommodation.
Māori physicists try to recreate fusion energy on Earth
Wellington scientists looking at ways to produce clean energy on earth.