The Energy Management Association of New Zealand today announced it has a new Chair.

Oilfield services company Petrofac today announced a new well project management contract from New Zealand firm Tamarind Taranki.

A combination of the hottest month on record and an early snow melt led to a lower proportion of renewable electricity generation and higher levels of other sources of generation in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the same the quarter last year, according to the New Zealand Energy Quarterly released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson told a parliamentary committee that Treasury provided no advice about the potential fiscal or economic risks from banning future offshore oil and gas exploration licenses

The government axed granting any future offshore oil and gas exploration licences without a formal Cabinet paper and with minimal analysis from officials, according to a dump of documents and emails from Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods

Helping New Zealanders to lower the emissions from their energy use is a key focus of EECA’s new strategic direction.

Documents to be released today will show Cabinet is yet to make any decision on the move reports Hamish Rutherford on Stuff.

A bigger New Zealand base in Antarctica, costing about $150 million, will need more electricity – hopefully from renewable sources. David Williams reports for Newsroom.

Revered nation’s Statoil explorations hushed up here

The fifth Annual Energy Issues map for New Zealand shows an energy sector grappling with the risks and opportunities of digitalisation, decarbonisation and decentralisation (the ‘3Ds’).