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  • Hurunui wind gets greenlight

    April 25, 2013 - no Comments

    State-owned New Zealand wind energy developer, Meridian Energy Ltd has announced it has received approval to develop its proposed Hurunui Wind Farm in the North Canterbury region of New Zealand’s

  • Macarthur windfarm is southern hemisphere’s largest

    April 19, 2013 - no Comments

    The Southern Hemisphere’s largest wind farm, the 420 MW Macarthur Wind Farm in Victoria, officially opened this week. The $1 billion development is jointly owned by Meridian Energy and AGL

  • 38 MW hydro for Canterbury

    February 1, 2013 - no Comments

    Meridian Energy Ltd has announced that the New Zealand state-owned energy utility company is cooperating with Ngai Tau Property on the development of a proposed 38 megawatt hydropower project (HPP)

  • No demand for new Meridian hydro

    January 18, 2013 - no Comments

    New Zealand state-owned energy generator Meridian Energy Ltd has announced it will hold off construction of its 260 MW North Bank Tunnel hydropower project in New Zealand due to lack

  • Tonga solar plant opens

    July 25, 2012 - no Comments

    State-owned New Zealand utility Meridian Energy Ltd have announced the completion of Tonga’s first renewable energy project, the ‘Maama Mai’ Solar Farm. Amongst the 260 guests attending the ceremony, was

  • NZ power on low this week

    May 4, 2012 - no Comments

    Problems at Contact Energy’s Stratford Power Station and a lack of wind for wind generation forced NZ to send hydro generated power from the South to North Islands this week.

  • NZ$7 billion NZ power sale on track

    March 9, 2012 - no Comments

    New Zealand’s NZ$7 billion privatisation is on track with legislation allowing for the sales passing its first stage in the country’s Parliament. Prime Minister John Key’s Government wants to sell

  • A$8 billion in equity investment for energy

    January 22, 2012 - no Comments

    Energy investors are expected to stump up more than A$8 billion in equity capital in 2012 across Australasia for the privatisations in NZ and the anticipated ASX float of Victorian

  • Meridian pulls controversial windfarm

    January 20, 2012 - no Comments

    Meridian Energy has finally abandoned its plans for Project Hayes, which was to have been New Zealand’s largest windfarm with a capacity of 633 megawatts from 176 turbines. The new

  • Poor rains impact NZ hydro

    January 17, 2012 - no Comments

    Poor rainfall in the NZ South Island is forcing hydro generators to scale back production and dip into their storage lakes. Generators Meridian, Contact and Pioneer Generation face a dilemma