Profit rose to $82 million in the six months ended September 30, from $67m a year earlier.

The President Elect Donald Trump bodes well for farms and coal mines, but trade deals will be left in peril.

Trustpower spun out its Australian windfarms into a separately listed company, Tilt Renewables, on October 31.

Circle_see_more_DP.epsHAKA: Many people gathered to send prayers to Standing Rock in North Dakota down at the Rotorua Lake Front

Solid Energy New Zealand's creditors will get as much as 55 cents in the dollar after the failed state-owned enterprise's mines were sold to three parties.

Two years into a price slump that has forced oil companies to delay projects, there are few signs of respite.

Meridian chief executive Mark Binns says he wants to see the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter stay, "but not at any cost".

A brand new factory commissioned in 2000 gave Millennium Plastics the high tech edge but an energy audit less than a decade later

Solid Energy yesterday said the firm was "still in multiple discussions/negotiations and it would be inappropriate to make any further comment".

Vector has opened a big Tesla battery storage bank in Auckland which it says will help defer costly building of less flexible infrastructure.

The Electricity Authority is to undertake another round of submissions on its politically charged proposals.

Norway's Statoil has abandoned its hunt for oil off Northland after finding no traces hydrocarbons.

Contact Energy's near-term focus was reducing debt, to ensure it maintains its investment grade status from credit rating agency Standard & Poor's.

COMMENT: Accountant's focus is now on electricity customers.

The widely succesful Tesla Model 3 will soon be available to New Zealand customers with a retail site in the works for next year.

Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund have teamed up to invest in US renewable energy development company Longroad Energy Holdings.

Power company Mercury is converting a former gas generation site into a solar panel and battery research centre.

Oil prices tumbled on signs that Saudi Arabia and Iran continue to disagree over output limits ahead.

Wall Street dropped with the price of oil after reports from OPEC and IEA showed the global glut won't abate any time soon.

COMMENT: The science is clear: we must rapidly transition from fossil fuel energy. But industry won't let this happen without a fight.

Oil jumped before giving up some of the gains as a deal between key producers Saudia Arabia and Russia stopped short of offering an actual limit on output.

Falling demand - not an oil shortage - will create the energy industry's next revolution.

The cash-poor state can do only so much to shore up its sinking coasts.

Meridian Energy is declaring a special dividend for shareholders in a sector where strong cashflows are not currently required for new investment.

Mercury, formerly known as Mighty River Power, has delivered a 2.3 percent lift in operating earnings and declared a special dividend.

US federal plan to preserve habitats and accommodate industry makes few happy.

There are signs that electricity demand may be starting to grow again after a long period of declne.

Wall Street rose to records as shares of Macy's and Kohl's rallied, while oil prices gained.

Auckland-based Mercury has swapped its Roman god logo for a bee.

Efficiency moves by industry deliver financial savings.