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This is always a useful and interesting site when it comes to electricity generation in New Zealand. Can't beat the generation figures in real time! What I find interesting is that when the wind is blowing we now generate about as much electricity from wind as we do from geothermal. http...
by: David B on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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A friend well connected to one of the electricity SOE's was told by a very senior figure that demand had dried up and that this would last for at least 5 years meaning construction of new generating plant was not warranted. I found this link. Interesting isn't it that at the...
by: OMG on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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I wish I had this kind of money available for my education but one one of the hundreds of thousands of students that had to go through a financial struggle during my college years. I attended one of the nursing schools in Utah and despite all my financial challenges those years were the best years...
by: lonnie on: How to invest in your child's future education
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He may well be wrong on that issue, iconoclast, (although do you really expect the Prime Minister of New Zealand to get up on global television and say New Zealand is a dirty polluted dump? '100% pure NZ' isn't even his baby, it was Labour's) but that doesn't make him anti-...
by: David B on: Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
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There you go Steven. 80%. Howzatt.
by: iconoclast on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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This more recent (2011) article states the figure is 79%: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-09-08/markets/30128835_1_benefi... It certainly will have risen from 2010 as a number of projects were due to come on line.
by: andyh on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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i wasnt aware this was the case, essentailly I think they are NZ's biggest consumer. and draw huge amounts..Also they do regulary say they will build a coal fired plant if "NZ" tries to charge them too much.....they pay a few cents a kwh (<3.5cents?) while we pay 20cents..... any...
by: steven on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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Steven: Dunno where I got the 80% from. Cropped up somewhere. Cant give you a URL. The problem in AU is the energy industry is on the receiving end of $10 billion in federal subsidies in addition to the revenue they get from the public. And the biggest charge is from the Transmission Line...
by: iconoclast on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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74% of our electricity is generated from renewables (2010); this percentage is set to rise over the next few years as various wind/geothermal plants come on stream. There is a perfectly adequate wiki entry on the subject http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_New_Zealand
by: andyh on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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That graph just shows spot demand...there is no yearly trends I can see, none at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_New_Zealand ~ suggests an annual increase of 2.1%... http://www.systemoperator.co.nz/demand-status ~ 1.5 to 2% in the opening background paragraph Parliment (a...
by: steven on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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David B: I agree with you on many things, but on this Hard Talk Stephen Sackur interview I agree with Kate. Once upon a time I frequently sailed a Laser on Lake Anawhenua, but now today it is covered (and I mean covered) with didymass (rock-snot) I wouldnt even put my big toe in it. Now it is a...
by: iconoclast on: Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
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iconcast, point is you have to do apples with apples comparisons...so account for everything.....also Im pretty sure NZ is only 65%....renewable....URL? and finally the posts in here and indeed the data/info say renewables cost more, yet from the way you have written this, its sounds the opposite...
by: steven on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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That is the sort of comment I expect from a 3rd rate academic, Kate, with a chip on her shoulder about the ranking of the institution she's fit to work at.
by: David B on: Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
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Robby: Almost right. The $8000 initial subsidy was federal and was means tested. The bit you are talking about is the Feed-in-Tariff which sure is a transfer from the less-well-to-do without a system to the wealthy who had to pay full freight. The Federal Govt had dropped that back dramatically to...
by: iconoclast on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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Perhaps you were better at reading a circuit diagram than conversing in English. Go back and check the 82% figure - it relates to percentage insolation relative to Nelson, not population. But heck, go read iconoclast's comment below, 190W panels at $450. Guess he's bulling you too eh pal?
by: andyh on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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Try 10 years CJ
by: iconoclast on: 'Green city' rules constrain Christchurch rebuild
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http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100135715/the-bailout-mon...
by: Andrewj on: Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
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I really do like your style waymad ... how refreshing ..
by: iconoclast on: 'Green city' rules constrain Christchurch rebuild
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Shhhh man! Leave mistwhatever to daydream his $20K 2kW systems in peace! He/she dont want you coming here with this sort of info...... 3-5y decline rates? WTF are you talking about mist? Decent panels come with a 25 year warranty ie that they will still be working at 80% efficiency after 25 years....
by: andyh on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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Toys, cot, throw! You sure that institution you taught at wasn't called ABC?
by: Kate on: Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
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Why don’t you just admit it, Kate, that you have a bias? You are left-wing, you don’t like John Key, you don’t like the National Party or their policies, and you do not represent the middle ground, and just be honest about it. Your credibility would go up substantially if...
by: Josh on: Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
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Ahem, I too am Generation Y (technically) but I'm also a grumpy curmudgeonly property developer. I would have to say that despite Alby's confessed drunkenness and insolence, there is more than a degree of truth in the need for revival of the city. However Alby is naive...
by: Chris_J on: 'Green city' rules constrain Christchurch rebuild
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Sure andyh, and your ad homein crap is such a winning debate. Can't even type in a single company name? Like the links, cause then others have to scramble through... to find you were bullshitting or is it that it makes it too easy to check your story. Or you figure perhaps that it makes you...
by: mist42nz on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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Sorry, but I met with a North Shore wholesaler 2 months ago and was quoted $450 per panel for 190w Suntech Panels, we were seeking a couple of <100w panels for an industrial job, but can get the $450 panels if we want them. You just gotta try a little harder. From that you can work out the...
by: iconoclast on: 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
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Watch it fall on it's a$$ Wolly. They still believe they can kick it alive but it won't. NZder's are now all Japanese, except we won't have huge exporters keeping us afloat. Infact watch the gradual decline and desperation increase year on year in NZ . Anything worth a damn...
by: Justice on: ASB's 90% plus LVR lending jumps
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