Hamilton becomes first NZ airport with own solar farm
The 5000sqm operation was switched on earlier this month.
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Major coal port remains blocked by climate protesters
Several hundred protesters have blocked Newcastle Port's shipping lane.
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Lodestone, Eastland, fire up solar projects
The switch has been flicked on two North Island new solar power facilities.
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US stocks and bonds jump after inflation falls
Financial Times: Rise in US consumer price index slows more than economists had forecast.
Market close: Energy stocks drag NZ shares down
A softer New Zealand sharemarket closed the week with a half per cent fall.
Infratil’s global reach in a renewable energy future
NZ is well-advised to adopt an incentive scheme to speed up alternate green power.
Sustainable Business and Finance: A milestone for solar energy
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'Shut up and get on with it': Liam Malone on his hopes and fears for NZ and the world
"Why did we go so far to stop producing the next Ernest Rutherford?"
CO2 shortage: Contact Energy’s proposed solution to the bubbles crisis
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NZ energy likely to change under National-led government
The energy sector is poised for a reversal of the oil and gas exploration ban.
Fonterra opposes waste-to-energy plant proposal
A decision on the proposal won't be made until next year.
Government's ban on new fossil-fuel power plants questioned
Officials questioned the need to ban something that was unlikely to happen anyway.
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
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