by chris | Feb 19, 2020 | Energy
Making solar part of your business’s energy mix has never been more appealing. But risk and opportunity balances between an optimised design and types of PPAs. While there’s heat in the market, there are incentives – but don’t unthinkingly sign...
by chris | Jan 20, 2020 | Energy
Your corporate sustainability targets might be in for a shock! Prior to Christmas, the Government announced a raft of proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme (ETS) to rapidly decarbonise the economy. This included lifting the ETS price cap from $25/tonne to...
by DavidSpratt | Oct 22, 2019 | Energy
Our national grid pricing needs solutions. And after 10 years of pondering its navel, the Electricity Authority (EA), the Government agency charged with ensuring an efficient and effective electricity industry, plans to release a paper that may or may not gain...
by chris | Aug 7, 2019 | Energy
New Zealand has set a target under the Paris Agreement to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030, and to adopt increasingly more ambitious targets in the future. Per capita, New Zealand’s emissions are one of the highest in the...
by chris | May 20, 2019 | Energy
The Government has set a target for New Zealand’s economy to be net-zero emissions by 2050. Does our current approach stack up? Methanex – adding 15% to national electricity demand? In a recent submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment...