Onslow pumped hydro decision delayed

Onslow pumped hydro decision delayed
A cabinet decision on the pumped hydro project has been pushed back to the new year. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Ian Llewellyn
Cabinet decisions on the next stage of the Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme have been delayed until next year.Ministers had been due to decide on the direction of the New Zealand Battery Project before Christmas. However, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) said this would now not happen.MBIE’s energy projects and programmes manager, David Darby, said in a statement that ministers would now consider the NZ Battery Project’s phase one feasibility studies early in the new year.“The delay is not expected to...

More Energy

Waikato Uni unveils $12.5m decarbonisation project
Technology

Waikato Uni unveils $12.5m decarbonisation project

The software project is in sync with the Government's business-led research strategy.

Electricity price increases clarified
Energy

Electricity price increases clarified

Transpower seemed to imply that households would pay it less.

Ian Llewellyn 05 Mar 2025
The push for a 14% infrastructure tax rate
Infrastructure

The push for a 14% infrastructure tax rate

Corporates chase 14% tax rate on infrastructure and more deductions for foreign borrowers.

Garth Bray 04 Mar 2025
A $12b plan to build a transtasman electricity cable
Energy

A $12b plan to build a transtasman electricity cable

Taslink says electricity trading between NZ and Australia is possible.

Ian Llewellyn 04 Mar 2025