Energy

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• Electricity
  • Electricity, energy and the environment: environmental performance assessment 1 March – 30 June 2004 (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment; July 2005)
  • Future currents: electricity scenarios for New Zealand 2005-2050 (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment; July 2005)
  • Get smart, think small: local energy systems for New Zealand (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment; December 2006)
  • Healthy, wealthy and wise: A health impact assessment of future currents – electricity scenarios for New Zealand 2005 – 2050 (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment; November 2006)
  • Power Play (New Zealand Planning Institute; September 2004)

• Energy efficiency
  • Environment Canterbury, clean heat project (2004) – incentives and assistance for clean heating and energy efficiency in the Christchurch area (revised policy document) (Ministry for the Environment; July 2010)

• Renewable energy
  • National policy statement for renewable electricity generation: implementation guide (Ministry for the Environment; November 2011)
  • National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation – technical guide (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority; April 2013)
  • Wind farm development in New Zealand; A framework for best practice (New Zealand Wind Energy Association; June 2013)
  • Guidelines for local authorities: Wind Power (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority; 2009)
  • National code for wind farms – a discussion paper (Australian Department of Environment and Heritage; May 2006)
  • Regional renewable energy assessments (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority; 2006)
  • Wind power, people and place (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment; 2006)

• Fracking
  • Evaluating the environmental impacts of fracking in New Zealand: an interim report (Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment; November 2012)