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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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EnergyWatch issue 46 - December 2007
EnergyWatch 46 major articles include:
- Editorial
-Editorial on "Peak Oil - An Important Issue?", plus
an abridged version of Tim Jones' recent article on "The
Future of Oil"
-An item on "Government Limousine Purchase Decision"
- Contribution from SEF Members
-A report by SEF members Stephan Heubeck and Steve Goldthorpe
on projects under Germany's guaranteed feed-in electricity tariffs
for renewable energy
- Peak Oil
-An article by Tim Jones on "NZES Looks the Other Way"
in denying the importance of the forthcoming peak in world oil
production
-A summary of the findings of the 200 page report of the Australian
Senate Inquiry, dated February 2007
-An item on "Oil Price Rise to US$150/Barrel?" and a
brief review of the film "A Crude Awakening"
- Vehicles
-An item on "Is Congestion a Tool?" to encourage non-car
travel
-An item on hybrids being less suitable for larger vehicles than
diesel
- An item on the Government's new rules on vehicle emissions controls
- Fuels
-An item on more Maui gas contracted commitments, bringing the
likely total of gas to be extracted from the field up to 95% of
the original contract amount
-An item on the offshore Tui oil field (in Taranaki) already having
a significant impact on NZ's balance of payments
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EnergyWatch issue 45 - August 2007
EnergyWatch 45 major articles include:
- Editorial Comment
-Editorial on "A Conservation Ethic is Essential", plus
comment on "Was Malthus Correct After All?"
- SEF Submission on the Draft NZ Energy Strategy
-Preamble plus Executive Summary
- Climate Change/Global Warming
-"Exaggeration of Climate Change Predictions?", plus
comment on "Are Carbon Credits Like Buying Indulgences?"
Also a summary of Kyoto Protocol Issues, Carbon Trading, Carbon
Neutrality/Carbon Credits, and Reducing Agricultural Emissions
- Electricity Matters
-Including Electricity Market Review, Record NZ Electricity Demand,
Huntly e3p Enters Electricity Market, Contact to Spend $3 Billion
on Renewables, Wind Power issues, Smart Meters, and Demand Side
Participation Trial
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EnergyWatch issue 44 - April 2007
EnergyWatch 44 major articles include:
- Editorial
- Editorial on "Transport Energy - Questions of Scale",
plus comment on the Prime Minister's 13 February speech on "Carbon
Neutrality Being an Aspirational Goal".
- Seminar Summary
- Summary of the SEF/EFNZ 16 February Seminar on "Government
Energy and Climate Change Policies", including perceived
gaps in the policy documents.
- Vehicles and Fuels
- A variety of news items, including a statement from the President
of Honda that a next-generation hydrogen-powered fuel cell car
affordable for some people might be on the market by about 2018.
- Pathways to a Sustainable Energy Future - Summary of a panel
discussion on the above topic chaired by Chris
Laidlaw, broadcast on National Radio on Sunday 26 November 2006.
- Electricity Matters
- Three brief news items, including information from Statistics
New Zealand that New Zealand's total electricity generation during
the 2006 calendar year was up by 1.6% compared with the 2005 year.
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EnergyWatch issue 43 - February 2007
EnergyWatch 43 major articles include:
- Editorial on "Biofuels, Hydrogen, or Batteries?"
- Demand Side Management and Smart Meters
- including comment on how individual electricity consumers and
the country might benefit from the widespread application of smart
meters to monitor household electricity use.
- Government Energy Policy
- including the release of both the draft NZ Energy Strategy and
the draft NZ Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy.
- Climate Change/Global Warming
- including comment on what "carbon neutral" means,
and does it include methane emissions?
- Fuel Availability and Cost
- including comment on the increasing dependence of both the USA
and the EU on importing oil (and gas into Europe), and an article
questioning the viability of growing crops to produce biofuels.
- Electric Cars
- including brief comment on General Motor's new prototype plug-in
hybrid car.
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