Meridian Invests Millions In US Photovoltaics
Meridian Energy has taken control of California-based Cleantech America Inc, a photovoltaic electricity producer with a contract to construct the state’s first “utility-scale” solar …
Archive for August, 2009
“Drill Or Drop” Decision Looms On Great South Basin Exploration
Global oil giant ExxonMobil has seven weeks left to make the “drill or drop” commitment required under its exploration permit in the Great South …
Supply Limits Future For New Gas Fired Electricity Generation
• Contact cancels LNG terminal.
• Genesis cool on Rodney.
• Gas shortages for electricity by 2015.
The hardy perennial conundrum for gas-fired generations is back: where …
State-Of-The-Art Computer System For National Grid
State-owned Transpower has brought into operation a $70m upgrade of its computer system, from which it expects significant efficiency gains. Systems operations general manager …
Electricity Review – Things Which Might Never Happen
You could have heard a pin drop in the electricity sector when Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee released his much-awaited Ministerial Electricity Market Review. Private …
High Hopes For Expanding Maui Reserves
After the successful completion of the Maari development drilling programme, the Ensco 107 jack-up last week began drilling the Manaia-1 appraisal well to tap …
Restricted Trade In NZ Credits Possible As ETS Negotiated
The National and Labour parties are locked in negotiations to try to achieve a bi-partisan approach to an amended Emissions Trading Scheme, while the …
Electricity Review Makes Generators More Responsible?
All eyes in the electricity industry are on this week’s release of the results of the Ministerial Review of electricity market arrangements. While there …
NZOG Upbeat On Oil Prospects
Basking in what it calls the “outstanding” performance of the offshore Tui area oilfields, listed NZ Oil and Gas with $174.8m in the bank …
Aquaculture Reform Proposals On A Fast Track
An aquaculture Technical Advisory Group led by former Speaker and Fisheries Minister Doug Kidd has until the end of next month to produce a …
Staggered Emissions Targets May Hold Appeal
The Govt has plenty of conflicting advice on where it should pitch its national target for GHG emissions by 2020, relative to 1990 levels …
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