Gulf states pay the price as Strait of Hormuz shipping crisis drives costs
Gulf states that normally receive their food and household goods by sea have spent five months flying them…
Student surge during free power hour knocks out network
Dunedin students on free power deals are causing extreme peaks – leaving them cold and in the dark…
Contact Energy posts $423m profit as Manawa deal fuels uplift
Contact Energy has posted a 62% jump in annual profit to $423 million, with operating earnings topping $1…
Contact Energy lifts profit 31%, ties up with CDC for giant Taranaki data centre
Contact and CDC – which is half-owned by Infratil – would seek resource consent for a 250 megawatt…
Genesis open to restarting Huntly gas turbine after cold snap
Hickman noted the gas-fired Unit 5, which normally offers continuous, or baseload power to the system, was shut…
AI data centres should underwrite new power generation
Energy Minister Simeon Brown says new hyperscale data centres should underwrite renewable generation equivalent to their projected power…
Turning up the heaters: Freezing temps drive record power demand
Electricity use has skyrocketed in recent weeks as the country plunged into a big winter chill, Transpower says.…
Cold snap pushes NZ’s electricity use to record high for second day
New Zealand has broken its winter electricity use record for a second straight day as freezing temperatures drove…
Cooler synthesis helps plastic-recycling catalysts last longer
Newswise — Catalytic pyrolysis can transform energy-rich plastic waste into lighter olefins, aromatic chemicals, and liquid fuels, while…
Morning power shortage warning as freezing start across NZ, temps below zero and frosts in north
Brown said 7.30am was expected to be the peak and if the generators are at maximum capacity, power…
Panels and paddocks: How effective solar farm sheep grazing really is
A new solar farm in Morrinsville is set to double as pasture for grazing sheep, a dual-use model…
Have courage, business leaders tell politicians over energy reforms
But the path to get there is not as tough as some think, Bridges says. It’s about taking…