More private investment needed in low-emission energy post-covid

More private investment needed in low-emission energy post-covid
Gavin Evans
Keeping the world’s transition to a lower carbon economy on track post-covid will require greater private sector investment, New Zealand energy executives heard last week. The public spending that will be required to get countries out of the global recession underway will leave little for on-going research and development needed in low-carbon technologies like hydrogen and carbon capture and storage, alternative energy specialist Massimiliano Cervo said on a webinar hosted by the Sustainability Society and the BusinessNZ Energy Council. M...

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