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Showing posts with label Electricity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electricity. Show all posts
Saturday, August 8, 2026

John Raine: The Electricity System - Energy Realism versus Policy Greenwash

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Cheap High-Density Energy is the Key to Prosperity It’s Election 2026 policy silly season. No surprise that some party policies on New Zeala...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Perspective with Ryan Bridge: Do we need a moratorium on data centres?

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There's a bit of having your cake and eating it too when it comes to people who turn their noses up at these data centres. The Greens ar...
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Dave Witherow: Power Pressure

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There was a time when we used to be rich – number three in the world pecking order. Now, at number 63, and sinking fast, we are approaching ...
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Saturday, May 16, 2026

Bryan Leyland: "Things that you know that ain’t so…" - electricity

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As the American humorist Will Rogers said: “It’s not what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so ”: “An electr...
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Saturday, August 23, 2025

Richard Meade: An attempt to lower NZ electricity prices could end up doing the opposite – here’s why

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In its quest to lower electricity prices for New Zealand households, the Electricity Authority may inadvertently make the situation worse. T...
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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Mike's Minute: Stop putting the bill on the taxpayer

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It never takes long to find the bank of the taxpayer. The Green Building Council has lined the Government up for Lord knows how many million...
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Monday, February 3, 2025

Dr Will Jones: Norway’s Threat to Cut Off the UK Leaves Labour’s Net Zero Plans in Tatters

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As Norway threatens to cut off the UK from electricity at times of low wind speeds, it’s a sign of a growing energy nationalism globally tha...

DTNZ: NZ’s largest solar farm to be built near Te Aroha

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As construction looms for New Zealand’s largest solar farm near Te Aroha, concerns are being raised about the effectiveness and environmenta...
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Friday, October 11, 2024

Point of Order: Buzz from the Beehive - 11/10/24

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Hurrah – the RBNZ has lowered interest rates, but then the Crown accounts put a stopper on any celebrating with champagne Finance Minister N...
Friday, May 17, 2024

Kerre Woodham: Access to electricity is a basic human right

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If you woke up this morning and you turned on the heater because it was a bit chilly, not as chilly as it has been, but a bit chilly, good f...
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Friday, July 14, 2023

Point of Order: Stark warning on NZ’s energy security with depletion of natural gas reserves

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Will the politicians ignore it? New Zealanders have had a wake-up call, with a report that natural gas reserves have fallen below ten y...
Saturday, April 22, 2023

Point of Order: A good energy policy is a good climate policy

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Germany’s government shut down its last operating nuclear plant at the weekend. Simultaneously, major utility EON announced a 45% increase...
Saturday, November 5, 2022

Point of Order: Shipping coals to Newcastle? No, it is being shipped to NZ – increasingly

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While the govt funds those who switch to renewables We were rewarded – on visiting Kiwiblog today – by finding this chart from The Facts ,...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Point of Order: The lessons NZ can learn from Australia to guide energy policy and keep prices down

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As consumers receive their winter power bills, many are puzzled and some are incensed that they are so high. There is a simple a...
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