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8 Rivers carbon-capture project in $60m capital-raise, drops bid for govt backing
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8 Rivers carbon-capture project in $60m capital-raise, drops bid for govt backing

By Gavin Evans Oct. 1 (BusinessDesk) - The promoter of a $4 billion carbon capture and storage project that would establish a New Zealand fertiliser export industry has abandoned its bid for government support and is raising $60 million privately to advance the initiative....

Gavin Evans 30 Sep 2019
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Reality needed on pace of low-carbon transition - Wood Mackenzie
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Reality needed on pace of low-carbon transition - Wood Mackenzie

By Gavin Evans Sept. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Governments and industry need to be more upfront with consumers about how long the transition to a lower-carbon world is going to take, a visiting energy expert says. People want action on climate change but many have unrealistic exp...

Gavin Evans 30 Sep 2019
Gentrack downgrades profit guidance again
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Gentrack downgrades profit guidance again

By Jenny Ruth Sept. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Gentrack has downgraded its expected operating earnings yet again. The utilities software provider now says earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation for the year ending today will be between $25-26 million. It w...

Jenny Ruth 29 Sep 2019
UPDATE: Mercury NZ forced to use satellite pix for gas market clues
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UPDATE: Mercury NZ forced to use satellite pix for gas market clues

(adds comment from OMV at sixth par) By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 27 (BusinessDesk) - An "unacceptable disclosure regime from gas suppliers" forced electricity generator and retailer Mercury NZ to use satellite photographs to work out what might be happening in the local natur...

Pattrick Smellie 27 Sep 2019