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This report sets out estimates of gross benefits for generic energy storage schemes (referred to as ‘NZ Battery’ options) defined in terms of their storage size (‘tank’), maximum output (‘tap’), location in the North or South Island, and round-trip efficiency.
PDF, 10MB, 95 pages
This report considers how an insurance business would conceptually approach understanding and mitigation of a risk similar in nature to that faced by the NZ Battery project.
PDF, 481KB, 25 pages
A report detailing WSP’s modelling assumptions for green peakers.
PDF, 168KB, 15 pages
A report detailing WSP’s modelling assumptions for fossil peakers.
PDF, 308KB, 7 pages
This paper backgrounds the biofuels market and explains the build-up of cost for a biofuel to fuel green peakers. An addendum to the report assesses a price forecast for Liquified Natural Gas (LNG).
PDF, 791KB, 20 pages
Advice on Carbon Capture and Storage in Geothermal Reservoirs.
PDF, 95KB, 3 pages
Technical memorandum on MBIE's screening of long list approaches for Other Technologies scope in the NZ Battery Project
PDF, 153KB, 18 pages
This report presents a literature review and monitoring data stock-take of previous research relating to the hydrology, water quality, and ecology of the Clutha River (Mata-Au) downstream of Roxburgh Dam (referred to as the lower Clutha).
PDF, 765KB, 26 pages
This report provides a cultural assessment of a wider area around Lake Onslow.
PDF, 2.2MB, 59 pages
This landscape assessment is to assess the landscape and visual values of Lake Onslow and surrounding areas which will contribute to a study to look at options to meet New Zealand’s dry year electricity problem and in particular the investigation into a possible pumped hydro scheme at Lake Onslow.
PDF, 5.7MB, 42 pages
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