Minster Woods address to SEANZ 2019
SEANZ 2019, held in Wellington was a great success. The theme was the 3’D’s of Modern Energy. With a video presentation from the Minister of Energy Hon Dr Megan Woods, who unfortunately could not attend in person, this was the next best thing she could do. Her message was clear.
SEANZ Fronius New Zealand Sustainable Energy Industry Awards 2019
The SEANZ Awards are now 10 years old and this year we received the most award nominations ever!
SEANZ would like to thank Fronius for generously sponsoring the awards again this year.
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Government levels electricity playing field for consumers
Energy and Resources Minister Hon. Megan Woods today announced changes to the electricity market aimed to level playing field for smaller independent retailers, provide greater transparency over the big power companies, increase competition in the market and encourage consumers to shop around for better deals.
Read moreMinister opens first-of-kind community-shared solar grid
SEANZ Media Release – 26 September 2019
Minister of Energy opens first-of-kind community-shared solar grid at Morningside Precinct
Minister of Energy and Resources, Hon. Megan Woods, today launched a community-shared solar grid at Morningside retail and hospitality precinct in Auckland.
Read moreSEANZ Releases Solar Residential Case Studies Project
SEANZ analysed data from 21 residential solar power systems installed on New Zealand homes.
Real performance data from these solar power systems has shown in every scenario the return on investment figure (the lowest being 5.42% ROI) was higher than the current average bank interest rates of 2.5%.
Read more about the study and the individual case studies here.
NZ's First Floating Solar Array
In a double first for New Zealand, SEANZ member Vector has announced New Zealand's floating solar array and first solar project over 1MW.
Read moreArataki Honey go solar!
The largest solar pv system in Hawkes Bay opened recently, installed by SEANZ member Ecoefficient Solutions NZ on the roof of iconic NZ honey company Arataki Honey.
Read moreSEANZ 2019 - Call for Abstracts
SEANZ 2019 | Tomorrow’s Energy Today is New Zealand's leading Sustainable Energy Conference, bringing together key players from across sectors and around the world who can lead the drive toward a resilient and 100% renewable energy system for New Zealand. This is a must-attend event for SEANZ members and an opportunity for you and your business to shine on a national platform.
Read more100% Renewable Energy- Can it be achieved?
This is a guest post by Energy analyst Molly Melhuish.
100% Renewable Energy -It’s a great aspirational goal for New Zealand. Can it be achieved?
The Interim Climate Change committee has concluded that the Government’s goal of 100% renewable electricity is too costly. Their model indicates that power prices would be driven up by 39%.
Read moreMarsden Point Oil Refinery explores large-scale solar farm
Refining NZ, the owner and operator of the Marsden Point refinery is exploring the viability of a 26 MW solar farm to be potentially developed adjacent to the refinery to supply it with renewable electricity.
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