Smart Power NZ newsletter
Welcome to the GET SMART email archives.  GET SMART provides a monthly round-up of news and views in the energy industry. 
 
  • New Zealand Newsletters
  • March 2015
  • Consumers Switch on to Electricity Game
    New Meters Take Axe to Power Bills
    Wellington Electricity Converts to Hybrid
  • October 2014
  • New Technologies Should Bring us Cheaper Energy
    Wrong Tyres Chew Up Fuel - EECA
    Renewable Energy, the Way of the Future
  • August 2014
  • New NABERSNZ Tool
    Election 2014's Party Policies - Energy & Power
    How to Slash your Power Bill
  • February 2014
  • One million smart electricity meters now installed
    Energy management reaps financial reward
    Labour's Parker affirms plan to regulate power market
  • December 2013
  • Transpower launches new mobile substation
    Are solar energy systems worth the cost?
    Search is on for New Zealand's most exciting energy projects
  • August 2013
  • Consumer Watch: Buy cheap and shiver
    Participation high for Transpower's demand response programme
    Barclays pledges to fight US energy fine
  • June 2013
  • New HVDC Pole 3 Commissioned
    Meridian Energy next asset sale
    Nuclear Headache: Task of Decommissioning Plants Is Herculean
  • April 2013
  • Going green saves museum big money
    NZ electricity prices 'middle of pack' among developed nations
    Failed Emissions Trading Reform: 'The End of a European Climate Policy'
  • March 2013
  • Govt cool on heat plan
    Shipley - Judge me on results
    Abu Dhabi seeks 10-fold increase in solar energy
  • February 2013
  • SFO closes probe into $46m Auckland power job
    Mercury cuts power prices for Aucklanders
    Solar set to eclipse wind in US for first time
  • January 2013
  • Meridian tips sale of stake in Oz wind farm
    Keep cool, spend less on fuel this summer
    China unveils big renewable energy ambitions for 2013
  • December 2012
  • Climate change a threat to Otago waterways
    Power saving house plan
    Failed CO2 Targets: Going Through the Motions in Doha
  • November 2012
  • Power retailers, brewery top Fast 50 list
    Country warms up, under budget
    Desertec's promise of solar power for Europe fades
  • October 2012
  • $30m bioreactor a world first
    ETS changes make farce of policy, says commissioner
    Fukushima owner says it lacks cash to change
  • August 2012
  • Smelter power review 'bolt from blue' for asset sales
    NZ company turns on first Tokelau solar system
    Doubts rising over German switch to renewables
  • June 2012
  • Mighty River Power granted consent for new wind farm
    Solar power needs stronger Government support
    Dreaming up whole new carbon markets
  • May 2012
  • Aussies confirm carbon link to NZ
    Contact calls halt to Clutha hydro plans
    Gassy dinosaurs helped to warm Earth
  • April 2012
  • Farmers to get emissions reprieve
    Christchurch officially declared a fracking-free zone
    A speed record on the power grid
  • March 2012
  • Power investment not worth it at these prices - Contact CEO
    Pig poo is powering clean, green plan
    Aircraft of the future could capture and re-use some of their own power
  • February 2012
  • Electricity savings on NZ dairy farms
    Troubled water debate flows on
    Icelandic facility uses geothermal energy to store data for UK colleges
  • January 2012
  • SOE sell-downs could fetch $6.8b
    Solar power on the rise as technology gets cheaper
    $4.8 million sought in US electricity price-fixing case
  • Australia Newsletters
  • March 2015
  • Australian Households Pay Different Amounts To Access National Electricity Network
    NSW Government Underspent Family Energy Rebate by $22 Million Despite High Electricity Prices
    Australia Uses the Motion of the Ocean to Generate Zero-Emission Electricity and Desalinate Water Simultaneously
  • October 2014
  • Brisbane Spot Gas Price Hits Record Low Near Zero
    Victorians Could Pay Tens of Millions More on their Electricity Bills after Tax Ruling
    Electricity Price Reform Essential
  • July 2014
  • Electricity and Gas Prices: Why You're Paying More
    Australia's First Zero Net Energy Town Could be in NSW
    Savo Volcano Could be the Solution to Electricity Demands
  • February 2014
  • Electricity tariff system unfair and unsustainable
    The demand drop mystery explained
    Big fall in electricity sector emissions since carbon tax
  • December 2013
  • Carbon storage linked to earthquakes
    Solar jobs go as uncertainty clouds PV outlook
    NSW government to sell national electricity meter arms
  • August 2013
  • Australian PM changes carbon tax ahead of election
    WA approves 40 MW tidal energy plant for Kimberley
    Energy suppliers told to weed out illegal cannabis farms
  • June 2013
  • Billion-dollar battle brews over renewable energy
    Firms 'missing out' on big energy savings
    'Death By a Thousand Cuts': Coal Boom Could Destroy Great Barrier Reef
  • May 2013
  • Electricity prices set to drop as European links come into play
    Energy fund 'self-sufficient'
    Clean energy shift to bring major health benefits: UN
  • March 2013
  • Union puts heat on Yallourn electricity generators
    Business cheers cut of state energy efficiency program
    US cities pushing to take over electricity generation
  • February 2013
  • Hydro surge cuts power sector emissions
    State avoids $400m bill on carbon
    British households asked to put a wash on when it's windy
  • January 2013
  • Energy savings push extended to low-income families
    Australia takes a shine to solar energy research
    Forget peak oil, says BP chief
  • December 2012
  • Carbon capture plant opened in central Queensland
    Payments to cut electricity use prove a powerful idea
    India pursues massive nuclear expansion
  • November 2012
  • Regulator backs calls for end of price controls in electricity market
    One man v the system: power industry says sorry
    Electricity from burning trees is 'dirtier than coal'
  • October 2012
  • Ferguson swipes Gillard over electricity prices
    Call to overhaul electricity meter market
    Russia to produce electricity with former nukes
  • August 2012
  • Gas projects to push up electricity prices
    Study rates nuclear a cheap source of energy
    Japan retreats from a nuclear-free future
  • July 2012
  • Manufacturers reduce costs with first round of grants
    Using the earth's heat to desalinate groundwater
    Dumped: Rio's odious garbage mountain reborn as new energy source
  • May 2012
  • Carbon tax repeal would take years
    Going green provides multiple benefits, property industry told
    Massive carbon-capture facility spawns skepticism and hope
  • April 2012
  • Qantas trials cooking oil in biofuels flight
    Gas could be just as dirty as coal, study reveals
    Companies prepare for a fossil-free future
  • March 2012
  • Australian power prices 'relatively low' compared with other countries
    'Volatile' electricity market concern
    German village becomes model for renewable energy
  • February 2012
  • 1000 smart meter customers set to track their energy use
    Green fuel fails to meet emissions standards
    Finding energy advantages six feet under
  • January 2012
  • O'Farrell affirms electricity assets pledge
    Save energy, unplug the beer fridge
    China considers carbon tax
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