by DavidSpratt | May 1, 2019 | Energy
In 2009 a visiting expert on commodity studies from Stanford University, Professor Frank A Wolak, opined that each year New Zealand’s electricity consumers were paying around $700 per household more than they should. This figure also applied to the tens of thousands...
by DavidSpratt | Mar 4, 2019 | Energy
[Electricity] Demand has, year on year, been steadily rising. This trend is likely to continue, so don’t look for much relief from higher electricity prices in the near term. I recently talked to a businessperson who had signed up to an electricity contract that had...
by DavidSpratt | Feb 10, 2019 | Energy
Warning! Formidable Japanese electric vehicles (EVs) are coming to a dealer near you this year. After reviewing European and American EVs last year, I was offered the Mitsubishi XLS SUV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to test during my holiday break. The XLS...
by chris | Jan 15, 2019 | Energy
Throughout history technological advancement and change that has lasting impacts on humanity has largely come about through critical mass. As a child, I distinctly remember visiting a friends house and seeing their newly installed solar PV system on the roof. 25 years...
by chris | Nov 14, 2018 | Energy
The following post was written by Bryan Leyland for KiwiBlog. Bryan is an engineer with over 60 years experience in the energy sector and regularly comments on various topics. He is a strong believer in a single payer market and Carl Hanson, former head of the...
by DavidSpratt | Nov 14, 2018 | Energy
In this exclusive series of articles by David Spratt, he explores the electric vehicle (EV) options for specific business uses. Part 3: Evaluating the Volkswagen e-Golf electric car. It may be that I have now test driven one too many electric vehicles (EVs), but I...
