We were warned about power cuts and it was touch-and-go, but we got through the coldest day of the year without them - just. Cuts and a grid emergency were avoided thanks to thousands of Kiwis ...
New Zealand's energy production is in crisis and fingers are now being pointed at who is to blame after the country was asked to voluntarily cut its power usage on the coldest day of the year so far.
An energy accord would inevitably involve some swallowing of dead rats – a small price to finally achieve national electricity security. Photo: Lynn Grieveson Opinion: The recent public call for ...
The country has woken to a bitterly cold morning with temperatures dropping as low as -6C in some areas overnight amid threats of power cuts. Transpower's executive general manager, Chantelle Bramley, ...
Powerful solar storm activity is forecast for Saturday which could interfere with New Zealand's electricity supply, Transpower says. It comes as the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
The threat of rolling power outages due to a nationwide grid emergency has passed as temperatures plunge to record lows on the coldest day of the year. Power cuts were averted with Kiwis cutting ...
A New Zealand energy expert is calling for stronger incentives for smart energy devices in order to reduce the likelihood of power cuts. Evnex Founder and CEO Ed Harvey says a considerable part of ...
In what is likely to be a sign of things to come, businesses and individuals curtailed their power use this week, thereby averting the need for electricity blackouts. State grid operator ...
SP Energy Networks was made aware of the power cut at around 9.10am this morning (April 6). They said they had no advance warning of the power cut which is affecting the G1 postcode area. The cause is ...
In short: A ute has hit a power pole along a major Adelaide road, cutting electricity to hundreds of nearby homes. The driver has been taken to hospital and peak-hour traffic has been diverted ...