Lake Onslow would be a hydropower project like no other in New Zealand. An earth dam stretching one or two kilometres would be built to a seal off a natural rock basin 700 metres above sea level, which would be filled with pumped water from Lake Roxburgh to create a larger artificial lake. Depending on its final dimensions, the hydro scheme would be capable of storing between 5 and 8 terawatt-hours of electricity in the form of water, effectively acting as a giant battery back-up for the country’s power supply.
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Energy Minister Megan Woods told Parliament last month she was taking the situation in the electricity market very seriously.
On Friday, the Civil Aviation Authority announced the service would be retained. Manapouri-based pilot Shaun Ferris had been flying into Milford for 22 years and said the airfield flight information service was vital. “You’d be a brave person to say you would be better off without it.” Ferris pilots for Fly Fiordland, who land at the aerodrome about 300 times every year. “I wouldn’t think there would be anyone who would want to see them [information service] go.” Losing it “would have been a step backwards”, he said. The traffic and weather updates, particularly on busy days, were “pretty pivotal” for maintaining a safe environment in Milford, Ferris said.
Press Release – Make Lemonade Otautahi – The Manapuri electricity supplied to the Tiwai Pt smelter near Bluff falls back into the hand of all New Zealanders to provide green and cheap power from 2024. Or will it? An Australian businessman is considering using the aluminium smelter …
Otautahi – The Manapōuri electricity supplied to the Tiwai Pt smelter near Bluff falls back into the hand of all New Zealanders to provide green and cheap power from 2024. Or will it?
An Australian businessman is considering using the aluminium smelter site and Manapōuri electricity for hydrogen production. Australian billionaire Dr Andrew Forrest has reportedly considered the aluminium smelter site at for hydrogen production, probably for export.
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 1:47 pm
Otautahi - The Manapōuri electricity
supplied to the Tiwai Pt smelter near Bluff falls back into
the hand of all New Zealanders to provide green and cheap
power from 2024. Or will it?
An Australian businessman
is considering using the aluminium smelter site and
Manapōuri electricity for hydrogen production. Australian
billionaire Dr Andrew Forrest has reportedly considered the
aluminium smelter site at for hydrogen production, probably
for export.
Hydrogen is a clean-burning molecule but
today, 99 percent of hydrogen is still made using fossil
fuels, usually through a pollution-heavy process of making
electricity to break the hydrogen / oxygen bonds that make
The life of Queenstown artist Peter Beadle
28 Apr, 2021 07:43 PM
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The late Peter Beadle. Photo / Mountain Scene
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One of Queenstown s most highly-regarded artists is being remembered as a Renaissance man , a lover of a good debate, an armchair philosopher and the holder of an irreverent sense of humour.
Peter Beadle died aged 87 at Lakes District Hospital in February, having been diagnosed with dementia late in life.
But his family says he never lost his appreciation of art and the beauty of his surrounds.
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Born in Invercargill in 1933, Peter had an identical twin brother, Owen, and showed early promise as an artist, but was also an enthusiastic sportsman and gifted cricketer and rugby player who played the latter for Southland in 1954 as second five/centre.