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EnergyWatch issue 85 –
July 2022
EnergyWatch 85 was distributed to SEF members in July 2022. Its contents include:
- Editorial - What is wrong with the Lake Onslow scheme?
- Ten fatal flaws with Lake Onslow concept
- Quantifying the "Dry-quarter" issue in NZ
- A Security of Supply Service
- Flywheels – more spin than energy storage
- No GHG accountability in the gas industry
- How transportable is hydrogen?
- Green Ammonia – but not an energy carrier
- Cost of CO2 reduction via switching to EVs
- Grid electricity is a service not a product
- Neil's Oil Price Chart
- SEF AGM notice
- Join our SEF News and Discussion Group.
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EnergyWatch issue 84 –
June 2021
EnergyWatch 84 was distributed to SEF members in June 2021. Its contents include:
- Editorial - The Dry Year Myth
- A Back-up Generator for New Zealand
- A Critique of the Lake Onslow Concept
- A Moving Target
- Peer Review of Dimensions
- Water Balance Considerations
- Lake Onslow Economics
- Summary
- Hydrogen Planes won't get off the Ground
- SEF's Climate Change Submission
- The Perils of Pushing PHEVs
- Cost-benefit Analysis of Light Vehicle Electrification
- Neil's Oil Price Chart
- Join our SEF News and Discussion Group
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EnergyWatch issue 83 –
September 2020
EnergyWatch 83 was distributed to SEF members in September 2020. Its contents include:
- Editorial - Get Electricity Sorted
- SEF Letter to Ministers
- What is my number? - update
- Iron Cage of the Law
- Fixing our dysfunctional electricity market
- Dismantling the Iron Cage
- Lower South Island generation
- A new era for KiwiRail
- ICE>Hybrid>PHEV>EV : Likely Evolution
- Postscript to EW 81
- SEF AGM presentations
- Neil’s Oil Price Chart
- Join our SEF News and Discussion Group
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EnergyWatch issue 82 –
April 2020
EnergyWatch 82 was distributed to SEF members in April 2020. EnergyWatch 82 contents include:
- Editorial – HYpeDROGEN: Issues with using hydrogen as an energy carrier
- The properties of hydrogen
- Bulk energy supply - back-up options
- Hydrogen as a peak-shaving technology?
- Hydrogen as a tradable commodity?
- Hydrogen vehicles – pros and cons
- Jeanette Fitzsimons
- A role for rail in NZ
- Where to for Huntly Power station?
- Outlook for energy sources for bulk electricity generation
- Submission on the MBIE discussion paper
- Neil’s Oil Price Chart
- Join our SEF News and Discussion Group
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EnergyWatch issue 81 –
July 2019
EnergyWatch 81 was distributed to SEF members in July
2019. EnergyWatch 81 contents include:
- Editorial – EVs – Good but not that good
- Fast charging is not that fast
- Cautionary tales
- Cheap to run but not that cheap
- The ChargeNet retailing model
- The Vector, WEL and other LC fast chargers
- The SEF Annual General Meeting
- A 700km EV road trip
- A case for pumped storage in NZ
- Submissions to the Electricity Pricing Enquiry
- Neil's Oil Price Chart
- Join our SEF News and Discussion Group
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EnergyWatch issue 80 –
June 2018
EnergyWatch 80 was distributed to SEF members in June
2018. EnergyWatch 80 contents include:
- Editorial - A Sustainable Energy Agenda
- The SEF Annual General Meeting
- SEF Submissions
- Productivity Commission report
- Low Emission Economy
- EECA 2018/19 consultation
- Response to SEF from EECA
- Rebuttal from Frank
- Zero Carbon Bill
- Making the Transition to EVs happen
- Energy Efficiency First, a path not a bridge to a low-carbon economy
- Commerce Commission's Priorities 2017/18
- CO2 storage in the very deep ocean as a concept for delivering on the CCS promise
- Neil's Oil Price Chart
- Join our Sustainable Energy Forum News and Discussion Group
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EnergyWatch issue 79 –
July 2017
EnergyWatch 79 was distributed to SEF members in July
2017. EnergyWatch 79 contents include:
- Editorial
- Ten Key Sustainable Energy Issues for New Zealand
- When is an EV not and EV? When it is a PHEV
- The 30c/litre myth
- Too good to be true?
- Retention of our zero-emission trolley buses is a political issue
- Wrightspeed technology
- Low-End Torque in Practice
- De-electrification of the NIMT
- Green Party Energy Policy
- Electricity pricing controversies transmission pricing, solar tax, and low fixed charges
- Future Wood Burners
- Notice of AGM and forum
- SEF submission on the replacement energy efficiency and conservation
- Neil’s Oil Price Chart
- Join our Sustainable Energy Forum News and Discussion Group
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EnergyWatch issue 78 –
January 2017
EnergyWatch 78 was distributed to SEF members in January
2017. EnergyWatch 78 contents include:
- Editorial
- Light rail for New Zealand?
- Repentance and redemption vs Indulgence
- Is the NZ ETS fit for purpose
- 2016 Status of Electric vehicles
- Contribution of EVs to emission reduction
- Going the wrong way on NZ’s motorways
- Neil’s Oil Price Chart
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EnergyWatch issue 77 –
June 2016
EnergyWatch 77 was distributed to SEF members in June
2016. EnergyWatch 77 contents include:
- Background
- Are Consumers Frustrated?
- Domination of Power Sector by Incumbents
- Regulatory Intervention
- Myths of the Market
- Institutional Obfuscation
- Technology & Climate Change
- Recent NZ Initiatives
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EnergyWatch issue 76 –
March 2016
EnergyWatch 76 was distributed to SEF members in March
2016. EnergyWatch 76 contents include:
- Editorial
- The Dynamics of Electricity storage by John Irving
- IEA review of NZ energy policies stirs controversy by Molly Melhuish
- Fonterra clean energy shift not so simple
- A Contrary View by Jeanette Fitzsimons
- Building a local sustainable energy agenda?
- Rail in New Zealand (an opportunity being missed) by Kerry Wood
- Neil’s Oil Price Chart
- Join our Sustainable Energy Forum News and Discussion Group
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