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New Zealand remains in top 10 for energy balance

New Zealand remains in top 10 for energy balance

The World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma Index has become part of the energy dialogue both globally and in New Zealand. The Index illustrates the need for countries to balance energy security, energy equity and environmental sustainability.

New Zealand remains in top 10 for energy balance

ELECTION 2020: Competing energy policies

The various political parties’ election campaigns are focused largely on managing the pandemic and economic recovery. But smart energy policy will be crucial in underpinning a shift to a cleaner economy that also delivers in terms of energy security and economic development.

There is opportunity in a crisis

There is opportunity in a crisis

As energy leaders and policymakers grapple with the current covid crisis, New Zealand and the global energy community are reviewing its implications for the speed and direction of energy transition.

New Zealand’s incoming policymakers have important roles to play in shaping our post-covid energy future.

New Zealand remains in top 10 for energy balance

BEC NEWSLETTER – September 2020

As WEC Secretary General and CEO Dr. Angela Wilkinson noted recently the pandemic has triggered “the greatest financial capital reallocation in history”. Next month’s World Energy Week is an opportunity to look forward.

There is opportunity in a crisis

Otago pumped hydro a fanciful, rainbow project

The government’s plan for a pumped hydro scheme in Central Otago is “fanciful” and a costly “rainbow” project that will be abandoned within two years when it proves unworkable, a pre-election panel on energy policy heard Wednesday

New Zealand remains in top 10 for energy balance

BEC NEWSLETTER – August 2020

No system is perfect and ongoing development is something for which we all need to take responsibility. The 2020 Energy Briefing is designed to highlight key issues from across the energy sector, as identified by our members. We seek to collaboratively and constructively address how rules, incentives and markets can best be harnessed to shape evidence-based policy informed by our scenario modelling.

New Zealand remains in top 10 for energy balance

BEC NEWSLETTER – July 2020

The strong outcomes we have delivered this year have been based on your input and the input of other leading industry partners. The involvement of experts from across the energy sector, both the private and public sectors, and academia is unique and important to us as we seek to understand and shape New Zealand’s energy policies. Our highlights of the past year can be found in this review.