Transpower predicts huge electricity demand

Transpower predicts huge electricity demand

Transpower is confident there will be enough solar generation to power more than 650,000 homes by the end of 2024. 

Ian Llewellyn 12 Oct 2022
Meridian giving away about $4m from renewable electricity plan

Meridian giving away about $4m from renewable electricity plan

The REC scheme expected net revenue of $3m over five years on current customer numbers. 

Ian Llewellyn 11 Oct 2022
Volatile power prices show market gaps

Volatile power prices show market gaps

Power prices indicate both short- and long-term gaps in the electricity system.

Ian Llewellyn 10 Oct 2022
Forest & Bird damns the dam
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Forest & Bird damns the dam

Forest & Bird asks whether raising Lake Onslow, in Central Otago, to create NZ’s largest artificial lake for hydro storage is a potential saviour or a “white elephant”.

Ian Llewellyn 10 Oct 2022


Ian Llewellyn
Ian Llewellyn

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Ian is a journalist with more than 30 years' experience working in NZ and the UK. This has included radio, newspapers, and agencies with time also as a ministerial advisor and press secretary. Experience in the Press Gallery includes reporting for the Independent Business Weekly and more than 10 years with the New Zealand Press Association.

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