Government sets direction for future of bioenergy
New Zealand’s first Wood Energy Strategy, Wood Energy Action Plan and Government Statement on Biogas released today.
New Zealand’s first Wood Energy Strategy, Wood Energy Action Plan and Government Statement on Biogas released today.
To deliver on the strategy’s vision and outcomes an action plan has been developed with five central goals. But the actions in this strategy are more than a checklist – they represent the practical steps that will turn vision into reality. This section unpacks the action plan and shows how it will deliver our vision.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) published an Interim Hydrogen Roadmap (the Interim Roadmap) on 9 August 2023 to test initial positions and proposed actions, on the role of hydrogen as part of New Zealand’s energy transition.
The Government is considering modernising the voltage range allowed in regulations for the supply of electricity to support more rooftop solar panels and reduce electricity costs.
We carry out weekly monitoring of national average prices and retail importer margins for regular petrol, premium petrol, and diesel. This data is updated weekly, using the previous week's data.
In late 2023, we sought feedback on policy that will set the direction and pace of change for energy in New Zealand.
sector and its governance structures. In 2019-20, the Government established new workstreams to action many of the Review’s recommendations.
This page describes the petroleum and minerals regulatory system, its objectives and our qualitative assessment of it. It also lists the main statutes and changes to regulation either planned or in progress.
Objectives for assessing proposals
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