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2014 Callaghan Innovation R&D Career Grant BEC2050 Research Intern
CRL Energy is proposing to appoint, for a 6 month term, a Postgraduate Research intern to work with BEC on the BEC 2050 Energy Scenarios project.
More transparent electricity pricing likely
More transparent electricity pricing may be an outcome of this year’s election, following a rare attack of political agreement at a BusinessNZ Energy Council forum yesterday.
New energy efficiency initiatives on target
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) and the BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) welcome this morning’s announcements from the Hon. Simon Bridges, Minister of Energy and Resources, targeting business sustainability initiatives.
Getting More Solar into the Mix – Disruptive Technology or Just Plain Disruptive?
OPINION: The recent visit by the Secretary-General of the World Energy Council, Dr. Christoph Frei has shone new light on recent announcements about the greater use of solar power in New Zealand.
Separate energy and distribution billing – Heffernan
Mighty River Power wants all electricity lines and transmission charges to be billed separately from retail electricity costs.
NZ ranks third in International Index of Energy Security Risk
New Zealand has been ranked third for energy security amongst the top 25 energy users in the world.
Brian Fallow: The tricky trilemma of energy policy
The Herald’s Brian Fallow talked to the World Energy Council (WEC) secretary-general Christoph Frei when he was in New Zealand recently, and heard some sobering facts about the likely impacts of climate change, including the impacts on New Zealand.
UN energy goal unlikely – WEC head
A global energy leader says the United Nations’ hope of having universal access to power by 2030 is far too optimistic and won’t even be achieved by 2050.
NZ can do better, says energy expert
The secretary general of the World Energy Council, Christoph Frei, says New Zealand’s coping with an uncertain global energy sector better than other countries.
NZ should resist hasty change to energy markets – visiting expert
New Zealand should be cautious in how it chooses to amend its energy market structures, World Energy Council secretary-general Christoph Frei says.
Expert warns energy uncertainty at an all-time high
The World Energy Council says New Zealand is at an energy “tipping point” due to high prices.