New Zealand Energy Quarterly launched
19 Mar 2008
The first edition of the New Zealand Energy Quarterly was released by the Ministry of Economic Development today.
Replacing Statistics New Zealand’s Quarterly Energy Statistics ot Off The Press, the new publication presents quarterly statistics n the supply of major fuels, electricity generation and greenhouse as emissions, and fuel prices to the end of December 2007.
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