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    Don’t look back, Don - by frog



    Don Elder waxed poetic about the prospects for NZ coal this week at Solid Energy’s maiden annual meeting in Auckland. We have more coal resource energy per capita than Saudi Arabia has oil. In a world of increasing demand, and increasingly constrained supply of energy, New Zealand is now the lucky country. Sorry, Don, but [...] read more
    November 26, 2008 11:24 am - 59 Comments
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    South Australia adopts NZ Green Party policy - by frog



    After a week of intense negotiation, South Australia became the first state in Australia to introduce feed-in tariffs, with the passing of landmark legislation. The feed-in tariff offers 44 cents (twice the retail electricity rate) for every kilowatt hour of electricity which is fed back into the grid from solar PV systems. Greens MLC Mark [...] read more
    February 28, 2008 11:40 am - 28 Comments