2012-03-06 12:43:54 // Idealog
Waikato's WEL Networks Limited is looking into the economic feasibility of solar power stations, replicating the success of similar schemes overseas.
2011-06-24 09:20:21 // Sustain Team
// The Idealog Blog
From the late 1990s onwards, it seems wind and solar installations grew faster than any other power plant technology across the world. To put that into perspective, that’s about 430,000 MW total installed capacity between 2000 and 2010. That’s the good news according to a new report from Greenpeace, 'The Silent Energy Revolution: 20 Years in the Making'. But the organisation is at the same time cautious about the news, saying it in no way signals the end of fossil fuel-based power generation.
2011-05-04 09:49:24 // Deirdre Robert
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By 2025, New Zealand should be generating 90 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. That goal was recently outlined in the Government’s National Policy Statement, which also puts forth an aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2050. Apparently, renewable energy is a big thing in New Zealand. Now an announcement by Acting Minister of Energy and Resources, Hekia Parata, that New Zealand has gained membership into the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), seeks to further enhance that stance.
