Energy

A report commissioned by the big four power generators has mapped the way New Zealand could decarbonise the economy more quickly and reach 98 percent renewable electricity by 2030.

North Island power generators are making bigger profits thanks to full hydro lakes, and the extra dollars are being ploughed back into renewable energy developments.

Environmental protesters have gathered at the remote Denniston Plateau on the West Coast as part of a campaign against mining on conservation land.

The world's top automakers are planning to spend nearly US$1.2 trillion (NZ$2.1 trillion) through to 2030 to develop and produce millions of electric vehicles, along with the batteries and raw…

Ukraine is restricting electricity usage nationwide for the first time since Russia's invasion.

New Zealand energy companies will need to invest at least $30 billion in renewable energy over next few decades to meet carbon zero targets by 2050.

Power generation company Manawa Energy has dropped its full year profit outlook by $20 million following a challenging first half.

OPEC+ member states have lined up to endorse the steep production cut agreed this month after the White House, stepping up a war of words with Saudi Arabia, accused Riyadh of coercing some other…

Power generation and retailer Genesis Energy says it has had a better than expected start to the current financial year due to favourable trading conditions.

Lines crews took untill the early morning to get power back to thousands of properties in Tauranga, plunged into darkness late last night.

The country's electricity regulator has laid out proposals to aid investment in renewable generation and to promote competition in the wholesale electricity market.

Lebanon and Israel have received a final draft of a US-mediated maritime border deal that satisfies all of their requirements, negotiators from the two countries say.

Tunisia only has enough petrol to last a week, a senior official in the labour union says, but the energy minister says a new tanker's unloading and queues at fuel stations had been caused by…

OPEC+ surprise deep oil production cuts agreed this week are set to benefit Russia most while tightening supply to the West already suffering from record energy prices.

Transpower says the power emergency it declared in the North Island was due to a fault on one of the two Cook Strait cables which brings electricity up from the South Island. Audio