Mighty River likes look of carbon market

3 Sep 10 - Mighty River Power says it has ideas that could see its involvement in the carbon market stretch beyond buying credits to offset its own liabilities.

We pay $11m too much, say major power users

3 Sep 10 - The Emissions Trading Scheme is costing large commercial electricity users $11 million a year more than it should, the Major Electricity Users Group claims.

Go for natural gas - the price is right

3 Sep 10 - The global economic situation is making it easier for companies to switch from carbon-rich coal to more environmentally friendly natural gas.

Top Energy sells Fiji operation

20 Aug 10 - After almost four years operating in the Fiji Islands, local electricity generation and lines network company, Top Energy has announced it has sold its operations there.

Meridian to build huge Aussie wind farm

13 Aug 10 - Meridian has done another deal to build a wind farm in Australia.

Coal-fired station predicts cut in emissions

6 Aug 10 - Genesis Energy – operator of the carbon-coughing Huntly coal-fired power station – says its emissions levels for the past financial year are down on the previous year.

Mighty River offers carbon deals to landowners

6 Aug 10 - Mighty River Power wants to do more deals with landowners for carbon credits.

Lightbulbs - so you think you know the difference

6 Aug 10 - A new experiment suggests that most New Zealanders can’t tell the difference between the light from convention lightbulbs and the new energy-efficient models – despite thinking that they can.

Fuel prices mainly unaffected by ETS

6 Aug 10 - Retail fuel prices remained virtually unchanged during July, despite the introduction of the Emissions Trading Scheme, says a petrol-price watchdog.

Official energy website wins award

30 Jul 10 - The government's Energywise website has won at an award at this Internet Industry Awards, held at Parliament this week.

Vector shows off first of new-tech solar systems

23 Jul 10 - The electricity distributor behind today’s launch of the country’s largest thin-film solar panel installation predicts such schemes will be commercially viable within three to five years.

NZ energy firm finds Aussie scheme profitable

23 Jul 10 - A New Zealand company is making money out of Australian schemes to improve energy efficiency.

Government releases energy update

23 Jul 10 - The Government has released draft updates of the country's Energy and Energy Efficiency And Conservation strategies.

Businesses could carve $2b off energy bills

2 Jul 10 - New Zealand businesses could shave $2 billion off the country’s $16 billion annual energy bill – and cut the country’s Kyoto bill - by adopting some simple, relatively inexpensive measures.

Company tax cut puts $21m on Vector's books

18 Jun 10 - The company tax rate cut from 30 per cent to 28 per cent will provide energy company Vector with a one-off $21 million net profit benefit.

Renewable generation remains high

18 Jun 10 - Renewable electricity generation remained high at 73 per cent of total electricity generation in the March 2010 quarter, Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee says.

LanzaTech eyes oil and coal waste gases

11 Jun 10 - Emissions-to-ethanol pioneer LanzaTech is turning its sights on the oil and coal industries.

'Sensible' Norway halts new oil drilling, say Greens

11 Jun 10 - The Greens are calling on the Governent to follow Norway's lead and put a moratorium on new oil exploration drilling until such time as the Deepwater Horizon incident has been fully investigated.

Inventor claims he's beaten energy storage problems

4 Jun 10 - A New Zealand inventor says he has come up with a cheap and practical way of storing solar energy for heating buildings.

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