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New analysis shows 110,000 households unable to afford to heat their homes

27 June 2023

About 110,000 households could not afford to keep their homes adequately warm for the year ending June 2022, with Māori and Pacific households, renters and low-income households more likely to experience energy hardship, analysis released today shows.

Energy

March 2023 quarter renewable electricity share at 27-year high

08 June 2023

The renewable share of electricity generation was at 87.5% in the March quarter of 2023. This is the highest share for a March quarter since 1996, according to data released today by MBIE.

Energy and natural resources

Government announces emissions reduction partnership with New Zealand Steel

22 May 2023

The Government is partnering with New Zealand Steel to deliver New Zealand’s largest emissions reduction project to date, with half of the coal being used at Glenbrook steel to be replaced with electricity to recycle scrap steel.

Energy and natural resources

Have your say on the future of the electricity sector

04 May 2023

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is asking for feedback on a set of draft assumptions about the future state of the electricity system, as part of the process for preparing our regular Electricity Demand and Generation Scenarios (EDGS) publication.

Energy Energy research and data Energy and natural resources

Offshore petroleum permit granted and Block Offer 2020 tender opens

28 March 2023

New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals has granted an offshore petroleum exploration permit after a court-ordered reconsideration and released the Block Offer 2020 Invitation for Bids for onshore petroleum exploration in Taranaki.

Petroleum and minerals

Electric Vehicle charging strategy: Charging our future

22 March 2023

The Ministry of Transport and MBIE are running a consultation on a draft Electric Vehicle charging strategy: Charging Our Future. The strategy sets out the Government’s long-term strategic vision for Aotearoa New Zealand’s national Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure system.

Energy Energy and natural resources

NZ Battery Project moves to next phase

16 March 2023

The Government has announced it will progress to the next stage of the NZ Battery Project, looking in more detail at the viability of pumped hydro as well as an alternative, multi-technology approach.

Energy Energy and natural resources

New record renewable share of electricity generation in New Zealand

09 March 2023

The renewable share of electricity generation is at its highest level on record, according to data published today by MBIE.

Energy and natural resources

NZ Battery Project Cabinet decision-point delayed

12 December 2022

The findings of the NZ Battery Project’s Phase 1 feasibility studies, expected to be considered by Cabinet Ministers this month, will now be considered early in the new year, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Energy Projects and Programmes Manager Dr David Darby says.

Energy and natural resources

Renewable share of electricity generation at record high

08 December 2022

The renewables share of electricity generation for a September quarter is at its highest point since 1980, according to data published today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Energy and natural resources

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