Research and reports

This report addresses the question "for every PJ/y of additional demand generated by biomass for energy in New Zealand how many jobs (FTEs) are created?"

Keane Associates and the Blackball Residents’ Association Trust investigated the viability of building a 1.5MW hydro project as an affordable means of empowering the Blackball community on the West Coast.

JG Wilson Hire Ltd investigated multi-megawatt sized run-of-river hydro electric schemes on a river in Central Otago. Four separate layout options were investigated, from which two separate scheme layout alternatives were investigated more thoroughly.  

Fonterra’s Waitoa milk processing plant in the Waikato is currently supplied with process heat by three coal boilers, and with electricity primarily from the grid. This study assessed the potential for an enhanced geothermal project whereby heat can be extracted from hot deep rock structures to meet the site’s heat demand and also generate around 8MW of electricity.