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The place for NZ oriented news releases on climate change and related energy policy.
Coal-fired station pursued
Coal producer Solid Energy is pushing ahead with investigations into a coal-fired power station on the West Coast despite calls for New Zealand to get rid of them.
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Morgan Williams this week said coal and gas-fired stations should be removed. They could be replaced within 35 years by renewable forms of power such as wind farms and geothermal power plants.
Solid Energy is working with potential partners to decide whether creating the coal-fired station, which would generate up to 250MW annually, is viable. "
Coal producer Solid Energy is pushing ahead with investigations into a coal-fired power station on the West Coast despite calls for New Zealand to get rid of them.
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Morgan Williams this week said coal and gas-fired stations should be removed. They could be replaced within 35 years by renewable forms of power such as wind farms and geothermal power plants.
Solid Energy is working with potential partners to decide whether creating the coal-fired station, which would generate up to 250MW annually, is viable. "
Practical tide power 'in five years'
The promoters of an ambitious plan to build up to 7000 turbines under Cook Strait to harness tidal energy say the site could be producing commercial quantities of electricity in five years.
Scientist David Beach and engineer Chris Bathurst want to put the turbines underwater to produce 7000 megawatts of electricity ? equal to the country's current annual production from all sources. "
The promoters of an ambitious plan to build up to 7000 turbines under Cook Strait to harness tidal energy say the site could be producing commercial quantities of electricity in five years.
Scientist David Beach and engineer Chris Bathurst want to put the turbines underwater to produce 7000 megawatts of electricity ? equal to the country's current annual production from all sources. "
Kyoto pact debt falls as fuel prices rise
Higher energy costs and motorists cutting their travel to save on soaring fuel prices have slashed estimates of New Zealand's climate change liability by a third.
Climate Change Minister David Parker said a new calculation of New Zealand's expected carbon deficit for the first commitment period of the Kyoto protocol, 2008-2012, was 41.2 million tonnes.
That was down from the 64 million-tonne deficit tipped in December, which it was estimated would cost the Government $550 million.
'Higher oil prices in particular have meant people are expected to use less fuel, resulting in lower carbon emissions.
'There have also been reductions in the net balance deficit because of better projections of the heavy industry sector and some refinements of the nitrogen fertiliser application projections,' Mr Parker said. "
Higher energy costs and motorists cutting their travel to save on soaring fuel prices have slashed estimates of New Zealand's climate change liability by a third.
Climate Change Minister David Parker said a new calculation of New Zealand's expected carbon deficit for the first commitment period of the Kyoto protocol, 2008-2012, was 41.2 million tonnes.
That was down from the 64 million-tonne deficit tipped in December, which it was estimated would cost the Government $550 million.
'Higher oil prices in particular have meant people are expected to use less fuel, resulting in lower carbon emissions.
'There have also been reductions in the net balance deficit because of better projections of the heavy industry sector and some refinements of the nitrogen fertiliser application projections,' Mr Parker said. "
Climate change work programmes
Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues David Parker today released government papers on energy and energy efficiency, and a report looking at the government's direction on climate change policy.
?Across the world, countries are grappling with the challenges posed by dramatic price increases, constraints on traditional fuels supplies, and the impacts of climate change. They are all closely related,? Mr Parker said.
?The government is looking at its long term policy settings around climate change. There has been much focus on the Kyoto protocol response for 2008 ? 2012. While this remains important, it is only a subset of climate change.
?We are looking at how New Zealand can meet the challenges to our economy, environment and way of life posed by climate change over the coming decades. Accordingly, the focus of the work programmes is first and foremost on the long term. "
Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues David Parker today released government papers on energy and energy efficiency, and a report looking at the government's direction on climate change policy.
?Across the world, countries are grappling with the challenges posed by dramatic price increases, constraints on traditional fuels supplies, and the impacts of climate change. They are all closely related,? Mr Parker said.
?The government is looking at its long term policy settings around climate change. There has been much focus on the Kyoto protocol response for 2008 ? 2012. While this remains important, it is only a subset of climate change.
?We are looking at how New Zealand can meet the challenges to our economy, environment and way of life posed by climate change over the coming decades. Accordingly, the focus of the work programmes is first and foremost on the long term. "
Cabinet Paper Climate Change Policy: the Way Ahead [New Zealand Climate Change]
Cabinet Policy Committee
Proposal
1. I propose that Cabinet recognises climate change as a long term strategic issue for New Zealand within the broader context of economic transformation, national identity, and other leading issues, for example, water quality and flood control.
2. To give effect to this strategy, I seek approval for a series of whole-of-government climate change policy work programmes as required by Cabinet in December 2005 [CBC Min (05) 20/10 refers]. The work programmes involve the Ministers of Finance, Agriculture, Forestry, Energy, Transport, Foreign Affairs and the Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues, and their relevant departments. I, as the Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues, will take a co-ordinating role with support from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Ministry for the Environment. "
Cabinet Policy Committee
Proposal
1. I propose that Cabinet recognises climate change as a long term strategic issue for New Zealand within the broader context of economic transformation, national identity, and other leading issues, for example, water quality and flood control.
2. To give effect to this strategy, I seek approval for a series of whole-of-government climate change policy work programmes as required by Cabinet in December 2005 [CBC Min (05) 20/10 refers]. The work programmes involve the Ministers of Finance, Agriculture, Forestry, Energy, Transport, Foreign Affairs and the Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues, and their relevant departments. I, as the Minister Responsible for Climate Change Issues, will take a co-ordinating role with support from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Ministry for the Environment. "
Whole of Government Climate Change Work Programmes
June 2006
This report contains work programmes prepared by Ministry for the Environment, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Treasury, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of Transport, Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority, Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry and Ministry of Economic Development. "
June 2006
This report contains work programmes prepared by Ministry for the Environment, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Treasury, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry of Transport, Energy Efficiency Conservation Authority, Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry and Ministry of Economic Development. "
