Energy

Contact first-half report has been hit by provisions for an onerous contract, as well as a drop in wholesale prices, increased costs and lower thermal and renewable generation.

Nelson mayor Nick Smith says the consent application is inconsistent with climate change emissions targets.

Christchurch Airport's renewable energy precinct is closer to fruition.

The company has partnered with FRV Australia to build a 90ha solar farm where 80,000 solar panels will generate about 80 GWh a year, enough to power close to 10,000 houses.

A patient who was in Christchurch Hospital's emergency department last night when the power cut out, says she was told the heat of the day had affected systems.

One of the country's smallest electricity lines companies is going to court to challenge a fourfold increase in transmission costs, which it says will damage the region economically.

Finalising a strategy by the end of next year would be too late, Simon Upton wrote in a letter to Megan Woods.

Power is forecast to cost perhaps four times more than spot prices charged in the last three months of 2022.

The company behind a proposed waste incinerator plant has labelled a second returning of its consents an abuse of power.

Todd Energy says it has identified the root cause of safety problems which has shut its Kapuni gas plant for nearly a month.

Researchers claim to put a number on what Exxon knew about temperature rise as early as the 1970s.

The temporary closure of the Kapuni liquid carbon dioxide plant is highly concerning for drink-makers, as domestic gas supplies have already been cut back.

A Rotorua-based research institute hopes to end the country's reliance on imported fossil fuels by establishing a New Zealand bio-energy industry.