Renewable energy
Thesis
Measuring media coverage of electricity public policy in New Zealand for the period 2006-2007: a new approach
This study measured media coverage relating to electricity public policy using an original content analysis technique, simultaneously responding to calls for more research on the media-policy nexus, and for more precise content analysis methods.
Report
Clean energy Australia report 2013
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the Australian clean energy sector and the latest key figures and statistics on the National Energy Market.
Report
The Renewable Energy Target: a quick guide
This quick guide provides a brief background to the Commonwealth’s Renewable Energy Target – what it is, what it costs, how it operates, and whether it is achieving its aims. What is the Renewable Energy Target? The Renewable Energy Target is a Commonwealth Government scheme to increase the proportion of electricity generated in Australia from...
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The price of power
With Australian electricity prices amongst the highest in the world, more and more households are going solar. The big power companies say the Renewable Energy Target is undermining their businesses and they want it wound back. The federal government agrees, so who is to blame for the high price of power? Jess Hill investigates.
Conference paper
Foreign bodies: the role of overseas agencies in New Zealand hydro-electricity development 1940-1970
Between 1940 and 1970 the New Zealand Government undertook an extensive expansion programme of hydro-electric power infrastructure across New Zealand’s North and South Islands.