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EnergyWatch issue 55 -
December 2009
EnergyWatch 55 articles include:
- Editorial
-Demand Side Management is Essential
-A "Watered Down" ETS
-And What About "Peak Oil"?
-Obituary: Dr Peter Read
- SEF Feedback
-From Paris With Love
-Calls for a Transprt Policy Rethink
- Energy Efficiency
-Government Quietly Axes NEECS
-Streetlight Power Savings
- Electricity Matters
-Upper South Island Load Control Project
-Consent Rejected for Project Hayes
-Market Fails to Deliver
- Climate Change/Global Warming
-Copenhagen Decision is Vital
-Copenhagen's Inconvenient Truth
-Nicholas Stern on Copenhagen
-Greenhouse Emissions Decline in Wake of Recession
- Fuels
-Will Hydrogen Remain a "Future Fuel"?
-Crude Oil Prices
-Opec Keeps Crude Oil Flowing
-Oil Demand Increasing Again
-IEA World Energy Outlook
-Oil Figures Distorted by US Pressure?
- Vehicles/Transport
-Will Hybrids or Electric Cars Save the Environment?
-Buyers Move to Smaller Cars
-NZ New Vehicle Sales Fall
-NZ Drivers not so Green
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EnergyWatch issue 54 -
August 2009
EnergyWatch 54 articles include:
- Editorial
-What's Happening with Wolak?
-What's Happening to the Oil Price?
-Are Petrol Hybrids Cost-Efficient?
- SEF Feedback
-Letter to the Editor
-Road User Charges Submission
-Moratorium on Smart Meters
-SEF Seminar and AGM 2009
- Electricity Matters
-Another Electricity Pricing Rort
-Transpower Upgrade Programme
-Millions Wasted on Publicity
-Money Wasted on Sponsorships?
-Thermal Flexibility Needed
-New Compressor for the Ahuroa Field
-Future of Reserve Generation
-Huntly Power Station's Future
-Ministerial Review of Electricity Sector
- Climate Change/Global Warming
-Consultation Meetings on Emissions Target
-Minister on Television
-Difficult Road to Copenhagen
-No Ratifiable Treaty at Copenhagen
-China/India Pressured to Reduce Emissions
-ETS Delay for Stationary Energy
- Fuels
-New Plymouth LNG Terminal Cancelled?
-Economic Recovery Closely Linked to Oil Price
-Higher Prices Needed for Oil Investment
-Oil Price Must Stay Above US$60
-Kupe Commissioning by December
-Thirty Years of Maui Gas
- Vehicles
-NZ Car Fleet Gets Older
-Can General Motors Survive?
-European Car Sales Figures Improve
-Rush to Introduce Plug-In Electric Cars
-Electric Cars in NZ by 2012
-Limited Market for Petrol-Electric Hybrids
-New Hybrid Models
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EnergyWatch issue 53 -
June 2009
EnergyWatch 53 articles include:
- Editorial
-Is Emissions Trading the Answer?
-ETS Will Not Reduce Electricity Consumption?
- SEF Feedback
-Letter to the Editor
-Indications of Government Resources Policies
-Peak Everything?
- Oral Presentation to ETS Select Committee
-Written Notes
-Transcript
- Electricity Matters
-Electricity Commission Approves NAaN Project
-NZ's Maximum Electricity Output
-Contact Slows New Electricity Generation
-Wolak Report Finally Released
-TrustPower to Ignore Brownlee Edict?
-What Happens Next with Wolak?
-Alternatives to the Market?
-A Cardy Wearer Replies
- Climate Change/Global Warming
-AA Surveys its Members on the ETS
-Long-Term Future Looks Bleak?
-Post-Kyoto Climate Change Agreement is Difficult
-Climate Change Threatens Asia's Growth?
-US Climate Bill Progresses
-US Emissions Reduction
-Preparing NZ for Climate Change
- Fuels
-Has Oil Already Peaked?
-Oil Price Rising Again
-Offshore Oil Fields Help Govt Accounts
-Obama's Toughest Challenge?
-Budget Boost for Biodiesel
-Biofuels Subsidy to Foreign Farmers?
- Vehicles
-Hydrogen Versus Battery Electric Vehicles
-Obama Requires More Fuel-Efficient Cars
-World Uptake of Electric Vehicles
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EnergyWatch issue 52 -
April 2009
EnergyWatch 52 articles include:
- Editorial
-Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions
-Security of Electricity Supply
-Auckland Needs World Class Energy Supply
-Proposed Conference
- SEF Feedback
-The Die is Cast
-A Cry from the Heart
-SEF Briefing to the Incoming Government
-SEF Press Statement on Transport Alternatives
- Electricity Matters
-"Bombshell" to Hit Generators
-Continuing Saga of Power Price Rises
-NZ Renewable Energy Generation
-Whirinaki in the Wrong Place
-Consent for Mill Creek Wind Farm
- Climate Change/Global Warming
-ETS Submission Exerpts
-Australia Faces Emissions Cut
-A Middle Ground on Climate Change?
-Poznan Conference Outcomes
-Climate Change and Economic Recession
-Commission Warns "Carbon Cowboys"
-West Blamed for China's Emissions
-Climate Change News Snippets
- Vehicles
-Electric Car Progress....
-....And the Plug-In Hybrid
-New GM Battery Plant
-Calamity for Plug-In Cars?
-Hydrogen Cars - A "Hollywood Folly"?
-Hybrid Car Sales Plummet in US
- Fuels
-World Oil Demand Falls
-Oil Price Falls Below US$45
-Oil and Gas in NZ Still Buoyant
-Mangahewa Shows Promise
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EnergyWatch issue 51 -
December 2008
EnergyWatch 51 articles include:
- Editorial
-Power Price Inquiries
-A Shower for Nanny State
-US Worries About Energy Security
-Letter to the Editor
- SEF Seminar Report
-"Making Household Energy More Sustainable"
- Transport Matters
-Carpark Firm Lowers Prices
- Electricity Matters
-Thermal Ban to Go?
-Wind Dominates New Generation
-Contact Hikes Power Prices
-Belmont Wind Farm Halted
- Fuels
-Hydrogen is Not Realistic?
-Oil Demand Growth Forecast Reduced
-World Economy Affects Oil Prices
-Oil Heading Back to US$50 per Barrel?
-Oil Bubble Has Burst
-NZ's Coal Reserves Overstated
- Biofuels
-Biofuels Denigrated by Lobby Groups
-SEF News Discussion
-Palm Oil is Not the Villain?
-New Biofuel Law
- Climate Change/Global Warming
-New Government to Revamp ETS?
-Government Under-Estimates Kyoto Liability
-Minister Replies to Question
-Economic Recession and the Environment
-Can Carbon Trading Save the World?
-China's Emissions to Skyrocket?
-Latest NZ Emissions Figures
-NZ Among Big Polluters
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EnergyWatch issue 50 -
September 2008
EnergyWatch 50 major articles include:
- Editorial
- Three Inconvenient Truths
- ESR/SEF Conference Outcomes
- Letter to the Editor
- Comment From SEF Member
- SEF Press Statements
-Obsession With Roads Leads Transport Policies Astray
-Government Confused Over Transport
- Electricity Matters
- A Period of Consequences
- Hydro Storage Now More Comfortable?
- Kawerau Geothermal Plant Comes on Stream
- South Island Grid "Won't Cope"
- National Announces its Energy Policy
- And the Government Responds
- And the Green Party Responds
- Fuels
- Over a Barrel - A New Vision Needed
- Global Oil Supply and Demand are Finely Balanced
- Increasing Demand Fuels Rising Oil Prices
- Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal
- Pohokura Reserves Higher
- Tui Performs Strongly
- Latest EDF Reserves Figures
- Biofuels
- Full of Promise or Fantasy?
- Biofuel Company Quits New Zealand
- Bus Company Quits Biofuel Trial
- Huge Bio-Ethanol Potential
- Climate Change/Global Warming
- ETS Bill in Doubt?
- National Under Pressure on ETS
- Government Faces Bill of Up To $2Million
- California to Sue
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EnergyWatch issue 49 -
July 2008
EnergyWatch 49 major articles include:
- Editorial
-Liability Estimate Keeps Changing (on NZ's financial obligations
under Kyoto up to 2012)
-ETS Increasingly Lopsided
- Electricity Matters
-Electricity Price Gouging Must Cease
-$7 Billion Overpaid by Electricity Consumers?
-Electricity Market to be Modified?
-Whirinaki Indicates High Power Prices
-Power Price Rises by Winter's End?
-Rural Power Supply to Continue
-Smaller and Smarter Wind Energy
- Electric Vehicles/Biofuels
-EECA Electric Vehicles and Biofuels Conference 2008
-Electric Scooter for Commuters
- Fuels
-A Twelve Step Plan
-Oil Supply/Demand Finely Balanced
-Oil Price Milestone
-Gas Galore?
- Climate Change/Global Warming
-Progress(?) Since Bali
-International Agreement Remains Difficult
-Methane's Impact May be Downgraded?
-Carbon Dioxide is not Carbon
-ETS Bill Running Out of Time
-ETS Revenue Beyond 2012
-UN Climate Change Programme Wastes Billions
-NZ's Emissions Continue to Rise
-What is the NZ Price of Carbon?
-Sustainability Council Report
-The Coming Carbon Crunch
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EnergyWatch issue 48 -
May 2008
EnergyWatch 48 major articles include:
- Editorial
-Biofuels Sales Obligation in Disarray
-Changing Our Ways? - the initially deleted chapter in an environment
report
- Overseas News Items
-Future Energy/Oil Wars?
-Report Says Biofuels are Unsustainable
-CCS Technology Not Viable?
- Coal Matters
-Solid Energy Reports a Loss
-Huntly Reduces Coal Use (for the December quarter)
-How Much Coal is Really Out There?
-NZBCSD Opposes Green Party Views (on coal)
-Green Party Modifies its Stand?
- Electricity Matters
-Huntly - Another 20 Years (of life)?
-Statement on Electricity Governance
-Statement on Electricity Transmission
-Wind Power Backup in NZ, and Wind Power Overseas
-Govt Rejects Power Price Forecast
-National Opposes New Thermal Generation Ban, and Todd Energy
Criticises Ban
- Biofuels Sales Obligation
-The SEF Submission
-Biofuels Manufacturers' Comments, and Oil Companies' Comments
-Comments From the AA, and Tests on Potential Vehicle Damage (from
Biofuels)
-Submission from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
and the Green Party's Response
- Vehicles
-Emissions Penalty for V8 Engines? - on two of NZ's most popular
cars
-New EU Emissions Regime and New NZ Emissions Policy
-Petrol Prices Impact US Car Sales, and American Cars need to
Downsize
-US Car Purchasers Reluctant to Buy Diesel
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EnergyWatch issue 47 -
February 2008
EnergyWatch 47 major articles include:
- Editorial
- Editorial noting that the targets which the NZ Government hopes
to achieve through its proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
are unclear.
- Editorial on the rethink within the European Union (EU) which
is now taking place on its target for the percentage of biofuels
to replace fossil fuels by 2010, which failed to see the adverse
effects on the environment it might cause.
- Climate Change/Global Warming
- More on the NZ Government's ETS proposals
- An article on the likely actual cost of carbon credits to be
purchased under the ETS. The NZ Government originally said that
it was likely that these could be purchased for around NZ$15 per
tonne.
- Recent newspaper comments on whether or not the world is actually
warming at present.
- Biofuels
- Further comment on the EU having second thoughts about its policy
aimed at stimulating the production of biofuels for use within
the EU, because of the adverse environmental impacts which are
occurring.
- Correspondence with the Minister of Energy regarding the proposed
Biofuels Sales Obligation in NZ, commencing in 2008.
- Peak Oil
- An article noting that Shell CEO, Jeroen van der Veer, now predicts
that demand for oil and gas will outstrip supply within seven
years (ie around 2015).
- An article relating rising oil prices to Peak Oil. It appears
that oil producers will be straining to increase oil production
this year, and it is doubtful if they will be able to meet the
projected figure now suggested by the IEA of 87.8 million barrels
per day (bpd) required by the end of 2008. This is 2.1 million
bpd higher than the average figure in 2007.
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