The New Zealand Infrastructure Briefing Weekly
		
		
		
		
		
	    
	    
			
	
	
		
Issue 355, 5 July 2010

Electricity News

Renewable electricity on rise - Brownlee
New Zealand Herald, 2/07/2010

Renewable electricity generation is on the rise - up 8 percentage points last year, Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee says. More...

Horizon bid continues
New Zealand Herald, 1/07/2010

Marlborough Lines continues to stalk hostile target Horizon Energy Distribution... More...

Watchdog sets out Transpower rules
New Zealand Herald, 29/06/2010

The form of regulatory oversight being proposed by the Commerce Commission for Transpower is not dissimilar to that provided under an administrative settlement that expires in the middle of next year... More...

Transport News

Contractors lining up for $2b bonanza
New Zealand Herald, 2/07/2010

Work-hungry roading contractors are lining up for a $2 billion construction bonanza to complete Auckland's western ring route between Manukau and Albany. More...

NZTA hopes to save year on western ring route
New Zealand Herald, 1/07/2010

Transport authorities hope to save about a year in the construction of Auckland's western ring route highway and to have it ready by 2016. More...

$2 billion on Waterview a waste, say Greens
New Zealand Herald, 1/07/2010

The Green Party says Auckland's $2 billion Waterview connection motorway is an outdated project that won't solve the city's transport problems. More...

Primary Energy News

Subsidy extended to 100 per cent biodiesel
New Zealand Herald, 5/07/2010

The Government is boosting support for the growing number of biofuel makers by extending its subsidy scheme to 100 per cent pure biodiesel. More...

AA: Fuel price rise will really hurt in October
New Zealand Herald, 3/07/2010

Motorists stung an extra 3c a litre of fuel by the new Emissions Trading Scheme will have a lot more to complain about in October, warns the Automobile Association. More...

L&M raises capital to help fund Southland coal seam gas project
New Zealand Herald, 1/07/2010

Dual-listed L&M Energy has raised A$7 million ($8.6 million) by selling 77 million shares to institutions and sophisticated investors... More...

Smith tells meeting ETS a first step
New Zealand Herald, 1/07/2010

New Zealand woke up this morning to a world where it will cost money to burn fossil fuels.... More...

Anadarko presses ahead in NZ despite Gulf of Mexico mess
New Zealand Herald, 30/06/2010

The Texas-based oil explorer that owns 25 per cent of the damaged well pouring crude into the Gulf of Mexico says its work programme in deep water off the New Zealand coast has not been affected. More...

Greenstone Energy pumps up the volume
New Zealand Herald, 29/06/2010

Greenstone Energy has taken delivery of its first shipment of oil with 700,000 barrels delivered at Marsden Pt. More...

Petrol and electricity prices to rise with ETS
New Zealand Herald, 29/06/2010

Petrol prices will increase by up to 3c and electricity by up to 3.3 per cent on Thursday when the emissions trading scheme takes effect.... More...

Telecoms News

2Degrees co-founder takes aim at rivals
New Zealand Herald, 1/07/2010

Chief executives need to be prepared for tough questions and in the telecommunications business, Tex Edwards is renowned for calling industry leaders to account. More...

Telco chiefs vent spleen over broadband
New Zealand Herald, 1/07/2010

Chief executives of the country's three largest telecommunications businesses have vented their frustrations and concerns about the Government's ultra-fast broadband project which they say is stifling their own investment plans. More...

Joyce widens broadband tender scope
New Zealand Herald, 1/07/2010

Bidders for the government's $1.5 billion ultra-fast broadband fund will now be invited to supply plans for "lit" fibre..... More...

TelstraClear's cable networks orphaned by NBN move...
stuff.co.nz, 30/06/2010

TelstraClear says its investment in its Inhome cable networks in Wellington and Christchurch has not been undermined by parent Telstra's decision to ... More...

Chairman commits to telco's transition
New Zealand Herald, 29/06/2010

Telecom chairman Wayne Boyd is to stay in the job for now, although he is planning to step aside from some of his other directorships. More...

Time for debate on how to use fast broadband
New Zealand Herald, 29/06/2010

New Zealand should be debating how it will use the additional capacity delivered by the Government-backed ultra-fast broadband network to get the most out of the investment, says the author of the Digital Britain report, Lord Stephen Carter. More...

NZ improves in digital world rankings
New Zealand Herald, 28/06/2010

New Zealand moved up one spot to 10th place in the world 2010 "digital economy rankings" compiled by the Economist's Intelligence Unit. More...

 

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