Hydropower stories
Consumers faced an extra USD $80 million bill as the Electricity Authority found Meridian’s spilling also raised emissions and fossil fuel use.
The cancelled Waitaha project exposes how uncertain consents can waste years and millions for regional developers and renewables alike.
Bitcoin mining is already drawing billions of gallons of freshwater a year, raising fresh questions about who pays for its hidden costs.
Free browser access lets users track 30 years of shifting surface water, with satellite data showing major land gains and reservoir growth.
A shift to wind, water and solar could cut air pollution deaths, create millions of jobs and save trillions in health costs by 2050.
Households could get relief from power bills as the Greens propose NZD $112 million in winter payments and a 2030 renewable target.
Rising dairy, transport and industry emissions are testing New Zealand’s green credentials, with the OECD warning that water pollution is worsening.
The company has been busy in the past months having signed several contracts with the major Icelandic power providers.
Despite its cool climate – or rather because of it – the Nordics are hot real estate for data centres at the moment.
Norway's state sec opened the event, reporting the govt knows if it provides good framework conditions, data centres will do great things for society.
