Archive for January, 2009

“Positive Energy” House First For NZ

An Auckland company has developed what is believed to be NZ’s first “positive energy” house, which generates all its electricity from the sun and …

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Low Oil Prices A Mixed Blessing?

While most businesses are heaving a sigh of relief after the collapse of global oil process last year, NZ’s oil exploration industry is not …

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Stand-By Generation Plant In Wrong Place

A review of last year’s winter electricity shortage has proposed the $150m Whirinaki back-up power station needs to be re-located, and run on gas …

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