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Opinion: Is solar power the solution for NZ’s energy crisis?

OPINION: Rooftop solar power could help fix NZ’s energy crisis, build disaster resilience.

Will Contact's plan for Manawa get over the line?

Contact's $2.3b plan may struggle to get Commerce Commission clearance.

Contact Energy makes $1.86 billion play for Manawa

Contact says it wants a more diversified, resilient and efficient business.

Winstone blames power prices for mill closure

Winstone says its two central North Island mills will close indefinitely.

'Massive blow': Hundreds of jobs lost as Winstone shuts mills

One of the central North Island's biggest employers has made the call to shut two mills.

Meridian says South Island hydro levels now at above-average levels

South Island lakes are looking healthier after sinking to seriously low levels last month.

How national security has transformed economic policy

Financial Times: Spy fears and dual-use technologies have eclipsed free market orthodoxy.

Genesis Energy to start hot water trials over next 12 months

Genesis is to start trials aimed at reducing power bills and helping the power grid.

Channel eyes role in LNG importation, boosts interim dividend

Steady result for fuel infrastructure company.

'Looking a bit grim': Price rise warning for gas customers

Electricity sector hit by wholesale power price surge after dry winter.

Opinion: Wholesale electricity prices – is more Govt intervention the solution or the problem?

OPINION: Spot prices have been at their highest level in the last decade.

Genesis profit down 33%, looks to LNG as a fuel for Huntly

Genesis CEO Malcolm Johns says LNG is being considered as a fuel for its Huntly station.

Genesis Energy net profit drops by a third

Low lake levels and constrained gas supply drove earnings down.

High energy prices threaten 230 jobs at Winstone Pulp International

If the plan goes ahead 230 people would lose their jobs.

Transpower decision due soon on hydro lake levels

Transpower will soon decide if generators can use more water from their hydro dams.

Poor hydro levels weigh on Mercury’s 2025 earnings outlook

Power company Mercury NZ says pressure on the electricity system will remain.