Energy

The New Zealand Oil & Gas company, which an Australian company is aiming to take over, has stormed back into profit on the proceeds of an asset sale.

The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter looks likely to stay open, according to the company most closely associated with its daily operations.

ACT leader David Seymour swore at New Zealand First candidate Richard Prosser today and went on to criticise his weight.

The dry weather that caused headaches for energy planners this winter has had a big impact on company profitability.

Global coal production fell last year by a bigger margin than in any year since records began in 1971, according to new OECD figures.

Millions of litres of highly toxic water is escaping from a derelict coal mine into Sydney's drinking water catchment, new scientific research shows.

A massive upgrade of electricity wires, poles and transformers across wide areas of the North Island could add $3 to $4 per month to average consumers' power bills.

A dry winter and low hydro-lakes have put a dampener on profits of the country's biggest listed power company Contact Energy.

The company's combined cycle gas-fired plant at Stratford in Taranaki will now keep generating electricity for five more years.

The oil and gas business has a strong future despite substantial divestment by the $35bn fund, the lead industry body says.

Four leading telecommunications companies have received warning letters from the Commerce Commission over misleading practices.

The Commerce Commission is defending itself against allegations that is going soft on electric lines companies.

The Commerce Commission is going soft on electric lines companies, according to the Major Electricity Users Group.

The government is defending its assumption of environmental liabilities from the sale of assets of the defunct state coal miner Solid Energy.

Solid Energy will go from being the country's largest coal producer to 35 people in an office at the end of next month, when its major remaining assets are sold.

The defunct state-owned coal miner Solid Energy says the sale of its key assets has been approved by the Overseas Investment Office.

New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution, the government is set to announce.

The operator of the Remarkables ski field has launched a review of its power supply after suffering three major power cuts in five weeks.