Energy

The government is being warned 'tight' electricity supply situations could become more frequent, especially on cold winter mornings and evenings.

Repealing the ban on oil and gas exploration may not succeed at extending the future of oil and gas in New Zealand, a briefing to Energy Minister Simeon Brown says.

Mandatory protection includes how companies should act when considering disconnecting a customer for not paying their bill.

Electricity Authority chief executive Sarah Gillies said even more new electricity generation was needed.

The main transporter of jet fuel to Auckland Airport is predicting big growth in international flights.

Chris Finlayson says weeds at the re-opened great walk have caused immeasurable damage. Audio

Big power companies have been paying excessive dividends to shareholders for the past decade at the expense of consumers, an advocacy group says.

Analysis - Is the climate agreement enough to keep global temperatures in check?

Anyone promoting more fossil fuel use in the midst of a climate crisis deserves to be called out as "extremist", Greenpeace says. Audio

A small group of neighbours between Blenheim and the sea fear a solar farm planned for their quiet neighbourhood will turn it into an industrial-like zone.

The government confirmed on Sunday it was scrapping the Lake Onslow scheme in Otago. Audio

A plan to build the country's largest solar farm in the Mackenzie Basin has gone out for consultation - just a month after another nearby solar farm application was denied.

The Huntly power station would still be needed for peak demand, but coal use would be reduced and replaced with biomass and possibly hydrogen, while gas would be needed for the transition, Genesis…

The vessel being used for the project is leaving New Zealand waters without completing the full scope of the work expected, MBIE says.