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Energy market review: More renewables, competition

Energy market review: More renewables, competition

The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) welcomes the second phase of the Electricity Authority’s wholesale market review. Executive Director Tina Schirr says an efficient electricity system is vital for a competitive economy, and that a recently-commissioned survey by the...

Energy market review: More renewables, competition

BEC NEWSLETTER – October 2022

Drop 'reactive' debate to solve trilemma - BEC Panel WEC must stop picking and choosing which part of the energy trilemma they respond to, according to speakers at a BusinessNZ Energy Council panel discussion in Wellington this week.

Energy market review: More renewables, competition

BEC NEWSLETTER – September 2022

43% of energy leaders report seeing greater fragmentation in global approaches to the energy transition as new and cascading crises affect energy systems and consumers worldwide.

Drop ‘reactive’ debate to solve energy trilemma – BEC panel

Drop ‘reactive’ debate to solve energy trilemma – BEC panel

Eamon Rood, Energy News - Fri, 16 Sep 2022 Sector players must stop picking and choosing which part of the energy trilemma they respond to, according to speakers at a Business NZ Energy Council panel discussion in Wellington this week. The panellists discussed how a...

Energy market review: More renewables, competition

Regulator and futures market – next steps for ETS?

An independent regulator for emissions trading and a futures market could be the next steps in New Zealand’s carbon market design, according to BusinessNZ Energy Council webinar panellists. The panel discussed how to shape the emissions trading scheme to drive...

Energy market review: More renewables, competition

BEC Energy 101 – All about Geothermal Energy

Explaining energy doesn’t have to be complicated. Introducing Energy 101 – a new series from BEC designed to help everyone understand NZ’s energy system. In today’s lesion you’ll meet Helios Energy’s Sarah Tapp, for an intro to solar power and its potential to further diversify renewable energy here.

Energy market review: More renewables, competition

BEC Energy 101 – How do carbon Markets work?

Explaining energy doesn’t have to be complicated. Introducing Energy 101 – a new series from BEC designed to help everyone understand NZ’s energy system. In today’s lesion you’ll meet Helios Energy’s Sarah Tapp, for an intro to solar power and its potential to further diversify renewable energy here.

Energy market review: More renewables, competition

Energy in the EU – Unavoidable transformation ahead

In July, I was delighted to travel to the EU to meet with energy leaders across the sector in order to discuss the subject of energy transition and how this has been impacted by the multiple challenges the EU is currently exposed to.