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ESR/SEF conference: Responding to Oil Depletion and Climate Change
This was held Saturday 26 July, 8.30am-5.15pm, Oakridge House, Unitec, Mt Albert, Auckland
Papers presented:
Topical Research - NZPI Study Tour - Richard Hurn (PDF 85KB)
International Progress on Kyoto - Garry Law (PDF 440KB)
A Period of Consequences - Steve Goldthorpe (PDF 109KB)
Energy, Climate Change and Carbon Neutrality - John Blakeley (PDF 110KB)
Energetics of Carbon Capture - Arthur Williamson (PDF 1.79MB)
Regional Planning for Transport Energy & the Economy - Archer Davis (PDF 1.24MB)
National Responses Linking Energy, Climate and Emissions - Tim Jones (PDF 112KB)
Campaign for Better Transport - Cameron Pitches (PDF 716KB)
Transition Town Initiatives - James Samuel (PDF 79KB)Other files:
Summary of Conference - Ross Rutherford (PDF 192KB)
Final Statement - (PDF 130KB)
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Sustainable Energy Forum seminar: "Electric Vehicles in New Zealand"
About 70 people attended this seminar, held in Wellington on 15 November.
Four of the presentations and the first response are now available to be downloaded.
A video of the entire seminar is now available online from Google Video at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3313836270310047660.Presentations:
K-J Kells, Meridian Energy: "Creating an electric vehicle future for NZ"
Simon King, Ministry of Transport: "Towards an electrical transformation of the New Zealand light vehicle fleet" (PDF 276KB)
Brian Bull, Electricity Commission: "Impact of high electric vehicle uptake on generation development in New Zealand" (PDF 95KB)
Brent Efford, Transport 2000+: "The 100% electric commute: a once and future option" talk (Word Doc, 47KB) and slides (PDF, 4.3MB).
Fraser Clark, New Zealand Wind Energy Association: "The car after the storm - potential synergies for wind energy and electric vehicles in NZ" (PDF 451KB)
First response:
Steve Goldthorpe, Energy Analyst: "Electricity Supply Scenarios for 2025" (PDF, 318KB)
Background to the seminar: The Prime Minister announced in October 2007 that the Government intends to push for the early adoption of electric vehicles in New Zealand as a major part of its plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport. This seminar was held to provide an opportunity to discuss the use of all forms of electric transport in New Zealand, and the implications of this for our electricity and transport systems.
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Joint Sustainable Energy Forum/Energy Federation of New Zealand Event:
One-Day Seminar on Government Energy and Climate Change Policy
On Friday 16 February 2007, the Sustainable Energy Forum and the Energy Federation of New Zealand held a joint one-day seminar in Wellington which focused on the draft New Zealand Energy Strategy and related government energy policy documents. Panels covered Energy and Climate Change; Low Carbon Transport; Energy Supply, Demand and Security; and Low Emissions Power and Heat. The conference presentations are now available online at www.energyfed.org.nz/NZ%20Energy%20Policy-16Feb07.html.
The report on this event, to be published in EnergyWatch, contains material which may be useful to those preparing submissions on the Government's suite of energy policy documents. As long as the authorship of the presentations is acknowledged, you are welcome to use material from this report in your submission. Available as Word doc (67KB) and Acrobat PDF (145KB).
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SEF AGM
This was held at:
National Library Auditorium
Molesworth Street
Wellington
4 July 2005 at 2.30pm.For more information read this PDF.
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Sustainable Energy Forum (Inc) Conference 2004
"Sustainable Energy Futures - Think BIG or Think SMART?"
Dates: Friday 19th & Saturday 20th November 2004
Venue: Rutherford House Campus, Victoria University, Bunny Street, Wellington.Jointly organised by SEF, Sustainable Aotearoa New Zealand, Energy Management Association of NZ and Climate Defence Network NZ, to promote sustainable energy and climate friendly policies and practices in New Zealand.
Program highlights:
- Discussion on Sustainable Development Programme of Action - Energy.
- Briefing on the new Clean Energy Centre for innovative technologies.
- Launch of Wind's Up - a new resource on planning for wind farms.
- Public Lecture: "Understanding the energy efficiency resource base"
Alan Pears, Adjunct Professor, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.- Key note paper: "Making markets work for distributed energy resources"
Hugh Outhred, Director, Centre for Energy & Environmental Markets, UNSW, Australia.PROCEEDINGS INDEX: Attached (PDF 70kB).
PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE ON CD:
TITLE: Sustainable Energy Futures - Think Big of Think Smart
ISBN No.: 0-9583472-9-8
COST: $50 (incl postage in New Zealand - contact SEF Office for delivery to other locations)Sustainable Energy Forum
PO Box 11-152
Wellington 6142Phone +64 4 586 2003
Email info@sef.org.nz
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The Sustainable Energy Forum (Inc) Conference 2003
Implementing Targets for Sustainable Energy in New Zealand
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The Way Forward - Energy Conference 2002
The Proceedings of the 2002 NZ Energy Conference are now available from the Sustainable Energy Forum. The Papers presented at the Conference, together with transcripts of discussion, are collated on CD-ROM. Contact the Sustainable Energy Forum at info@sef.org.nz for details or send your request and a cheque for $50 to SEF, PO Box 11-152, Wellington 6142.
The Sustainable Energy Forum and the Energy Federation of New Zealand jointly hosted the most significant energy sector conference to be held for a number of years in New Zealand.
The conference was held at the Duxton Hotel in Wellington on October 7 and 8, 2002. The conference theme was "The Way Forward."
The conference was timed to follow the adoption of the most significant Government policies and energy market reforms affecting the New Zealand energy sector for some years. Significant issues that have occurred, or were expected to occur in the period leading up to the conference included:
- The establishment of a Government Energy Policy
- Introduction of the Energy Conservation Act 2000
- Establishment of the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy
- Release of the Climate Change Policy
- Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol
- Release of the Renewable Energy Policy
- Reform of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
- Reform of the Electricity market
- Review of the NZ Gas Sector
- Changes in the predictions on the availability of future gas reserves
These policies and reforms of the energy market are the most significant changes to the energy sector since the corporatisation reforms of the late 1980s. The effects on energy markets will be very pronounced.
This Energy Conference aimed to examine the impact of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the implementation of climate change mitigation policies. It identified and addressed how various parts of the New Zealand energy sector will move in The Way Forward.
Since the earlier reforms to the energy market there have been marked changes in the structure of the energy sector. There are now many new players in the energy sector. Sustainability has become a focus of Government policy. New initiatives have been developed and gaps have appeared. This conference will be an opportunity for all players to demonstrate their current activities and showcase the initiatives they plan to take them into the future. For the first time in many years the market is looking ahead and this is an opportunity to demonstrate The Way Forward.
For speaker details download the Conference Forms PDF (176kB).
For a conference timetable download the Conference Timetable PDF (256kB).
Also downloadable is a conference paper presented by SEF's Molly Melhuish, entitled End-use energy options for a reliable electricity supply. For more information, including a synopsis, see the Papers page.
PDFs require Acrobat Reader from Adobe.
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Moving New Zealand Towards Sustainable Energy Use.
Thursday 17 - Friday 18 May 2001.
Quality Hotel, 355 Willis St, Wellington.
Conference Proceedings now available for $50 each, including postage. Post us a cheque with your return address. See the Contact page for address details.
Principle sponsor: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority.
Topics and speakers included:
- Opening Address by Associate Minister of Energy - Hon Paul Swain (Associate Minister of Energy)
- Climate change
- Climate change negotiations and the energy scene in NZ - Jeanette Fitzsimons (Co-leader NZ Green Party)
- The Energy Efficiency & Conservation Strategy
- EECA briefing on the NEECS - Robert Tromp (Energy Efficiency and Cosnervation Authority)
- Beyond the Strategy - Ken Piddington (SEF)
- Environmental taxation
- Environmental taxation - Ken Piddington
- Energy efficiency in NZ
- The hope for energy efficiency in NZ - Ralph Sims (Director, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University)
- A new model for the energy sector - Colin Wells (Director of the Energy Management Program, University of Otago)
- NZ's energy efficiency potential - a top-down analysis - Rob Bishop (Technical Director, Energy Solutions Ltd)
- Mandated targets for energy efficiency - Ian Shearer (Manager, NZ Wind Energy Association)
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