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Open Country opts for electricity at Awarua expansion
Infrastructure

Open Country opts for electricity at Awarua expansion

Open Country Dairy is installing the country’s largest electrode boiler as part of its efforts to improve the sustainability of its operations.The 13-megawatt unit will provide steam for the new dryer the company is installing at its Awarua plant south of Invercargill.Chair Lauri...

Gavin Evans 09 Mar 2020
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Solar goes industrial with Laminex deal
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Solar goes industrial with Laminex deal

Fletcher Building is turning to solar power for around a third of the electricity it needs to run its Laminex plant in Hamilton in a deal that will see the factory building's owners install a 524 kilowatt solar array on its roof.The 2,224 square-metre solar energy system will be...

Pattrick Smellie 09 Mar 2020
Govt takes $20m stake in Ballance hydrogen project
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Govt takes $20m stake in Ballance hydrogen project

The government is investing almost $20 million for a stake in the green-hydrogen project being developed at Ballance Agri-Nutrients’ Kapuni plant.Ballance and partner Hiringa Energy are planning to install four wind turbines near the plant to provide a renewable electricity suppl...

Gavin Evans 06 Mar 2020
'Don't be confused', new Contact CEO tells policymakers
Infrastructure

'Don't be confused', new Contact CEO tells policymakers

Policymakers need to be bold and clear if New Zealand is to attract the investment needed for its decarbonisation efforts, Contact Energy chief executive Mike Fuge says.The electricity sector – and its regulators – collectively can do “phenomenal things” to unlock investment and...

Gavin Evans 06 Mar 2020