Electricity
Labour eyes tight energy rules for data centres, copyright protections for artists and media, education, productivity focus and more in AI policy
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Labour eyes tight energy rules for data centres, copyright protections for artists and media, education, productivity focus and more in AI policy
Energy Collective's Eleanor Briggs looks at what El Niño reveals about our struggling energy sector
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Energy Collective's Eleanor Briggs looks at what El Niño reveals about our struggling energy sector
Earl Bardsley questions the appetite for 'littering the landscape' with windfarms and solar panels to maintain AI data centres established via contracts facing little public scrutiny
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Earl Bardsley questions the appetite for 'littering the landscape' with windfarms and solar panels to maintain AI data centres established via contracts facing little public scrutiny
National & Labour look to Australia on data centres with PM Christopher Luxon saying NZ needs 'some sensible, common sense rules in place'
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National & Labour look to Australia on data centres with PM Christopher Luxon saying NZ needs 'some sensible, common sense rules in place'
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Gentailer crackdown: Electricity Authority moves to level the playing field in the electricity market between the so-called gentailers and other retail competitors
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Gentailer crackdown: Electricity Authority moves to level the playing field in the electricity market between the so-called gentailers and other retail competitors
As the 'AI factory' race reaches New Zealand, Angus Dowell says it raises broad ranging questions
The Electricity Authority wants to know more about what's pushing power costs up for households, as it asks companies for more details on electricity prices
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The Electricity Authority wants to know more about what's pushing power costs up for households, as it asks companies for more details on electricity prices
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With the present government seemingly uninterested in the public benefits of the Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme, Earl Bardsley identifies the five factors that interest private investors, most of whom will be seeking returns for overseas interests
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With the present government seemingly uninterested in the public benefits of the Lake Onslow pumped hydro scheme, Earl Bardsley identifies the five factors that interest private investors, most of whom will be seeking returns for overseas interests
'Open electricity' to offer greater competition and choice for consumers from September, government says
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'Open electricity' to offer greater competition and choice for consumers from September, government says
Cameron Shackell says today’s AI hype has echoes of a devastating technology boom and bust 100 years ago
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Cameron Shackell says today’s AI hype has echoes of a devastating technology boom and bust 100 years ago
Some nations are congratulated for embracing the ideas needed to overcome adversity, others are damned for succumbing to ideologies that only make things worse
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Some nations are congratulated for embracing the ideas needed to overcome adversity, others are damned for succumbing to ideologies that only make things worse
Geoff Bertram looks at why fixing NZ’s ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge
Richard Meade says we should make it harder, not easier, for consumers to change power supplier
Several years of negative commentary for the gas industry have continued in the latest annual report from MBIE
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Several years of negative commentary for the gas industry have continued in the latest annual report from MBIE
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Level the playing field: Electricity Authority announces plans to boost competition between generator-retailers and independent power companies
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Level the playing field: Electricity Authority announces plans to boost competition between generator-retailers and independent power companies