Archive for March, 2008

Kiwi Entrepreneurs Start To Sniff Carbon Trading’s Money-Making Potential

• New ventures launched this week
• Reality of carbon trading is sinking in
• Going green is “smart” for business
Several new ventures in the field of carbon trading demonstrate how NZ entrepreneurs are rapidly grasping the money-making potential of this fledgling market. Orcon founder Seeby Woodhouse chose St Patrick’s Day to launch Green Carbon, a new […]

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Bio-Fuel Mandate “Too High, Too Fast” And Means Huge Costs For Oil Companies

• Bio-fuel will have to be imported
• Oil companies face infrastructure hikes
• Fuel prices will have to rise
BP is warning the Govt’s bio-fuel mandate will add 7c to 15c to a litre of fuel, as oil companies face significant costs to implement the new regime. In a submission on the Bio-Fuel Bill, BP notes ethanol […]

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Tempers Flare As Energy Minister Takes Dig At Solid Energy Over Carbon Capture

• Parker: “Get real” over carbon capture
• Industry prone to “wishful thinking”
• Elder: Technology advancing rapidly
Simmering tensions between Energy Minister David Parker and coal-mining SOE Solid Energy have surfaced after he told the company’s boss, Don Elder, to “get real” over the prospects for carbon capture and storage. At the national energy conference in Auckland […]

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