Media
News and media mentions from the Energy Centre.
- Emilson Silva: energising Aotearoa, UniNews March 2024
2023
- The escalating deployment of dynamic wireless power transfer EV charging, T&D World, 25 February 2023
- Solar and EVs: a match made in 'clean-energy' heaven?, University of Auckland News, 28 February 2023
2022
- Wireless EV charging being researched for State Highway 1, Stuff, 25 November 2022
- Wireless in-road ev charging may be the future, researchers say, 1 news, 25 November 2022
- NZ study: wireless motorway 'in-lane' EV charging could be cheaper than fixed stations, Driven, 24 November 2022
- Researchers investigate the feasibility of wireless in-lane charging on SH1, NZ Trucking, 24 November 2022
- Researchers study SH1 wireless in-lane charging, Evs and Beyond, 22 November 2022
- Researchers investigate the feasibility of wireless in-lane charging on SH1, NZ Doctor, 22 November 2022
- Fuelled or fooled by biofuels?, Newsroom, 31 August 2022
- Govt’s punt on cutting emissions must be transparent, Newsroom, 25 May 2022
2021
- SDG 13 Climate Action, The University of Auckland, 5 March 2021
- Freewheeling our way to net zero carbon, Newsroom, 25 March 2021
- NZ’s clean car discount is a turn in the right direction, but how much will it drive consumer demand?, The Conversation, 17 June 2021
How the New Zealand electricity market works – and what needs to be fixed, The Spinoff, 31 August 2021
- Battery Electric Vehicles Currently Best Choice To Decarbonise New Zealand, The Scoop, 7 September 2021
- Hydro storage would make wind power ideal low-carbon solution, University of Auckland News, 19 October 2021
- Carbon Credits and How They Work, Te Hiku Radio, 2 November
- Charging into the future: infrastructure vital to electric vehicles taking off, University of Auckland News, 5 November 2021
2020
- Megan Woods to look into 'green' electricity certificates, Stuff, 24 November 2020
- Has National missed the boat on climate?, Newsroom, 13 October 2020
- National misleads with NZ renewable energy claims, National Radio NZ, 1 October 2020
- NZ Election 2020: National MP's claim ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration increased power prices fact-checked as 'mostly false', Newshub, 29 September 2020
- University of Auckland researchers join global consortium for Vehicle Electrification, Voxy.co.nz, 7 August 2020
- Tiwai Point closure: benefits and fishhooks, Newsroom, 14 August 2020
- Big jump in coal-fired electricity in 2019, Stuff.co.nz, 18 August 2020
2019
- Waste not, want not, UniNews, November 2019
- EV revision a reality check, not a back-down, Newsroom, 16 October 2019
- Fuel crisis ‘could have been far worse’, report says, Autotalk, 17 September 2019
2018
- Policy strategies for inclusive renewable energy in Aotearoa (New Zealand), Public Policy Institute, 6 December 2018
- Spark of hope for electricity prices, NZ Herald, 23 October 2018
- Excessive profits for energy generators, UniNews, October 2018
- Renewables, market power may force electricity generation market change - academic, Sharechat.co.nz, 17 September 2018
- Power generators banked $5.4 billion in extra profits in 2010-16 - report, NZ Herald, 14 September 2018
- Power generators 'made $5.4 billion in excess profits', Stuff.co.nz, 14 September 2018
- Urgent need for massive solar injection, Scoop Politics, 14 September 2018
- Storms spark solar energy focus, New Zealand Herald, 16 June 2018
- Net-zero carbon requires serious innovation, Newsroom, 4 May 2018
- New energy sector model for New Zealand, Scoop Business, 26 April 2018
- What NZ should learn about renewable energy, Newsroom, 12 April 2018
- Breaks put on oil exploration, Radio New Zealand, 12 April 2018
- Free power from the sun, Juno Investing Magazine, 1 April 2018
- Banning Oil Exploration?, Radio New Zealand, 29 March 2018
- Mingyue Sheng and Basil Sharp: Fuel taxes not best congestion fix, NZ Herald, 5 April 2018
2017
- Solar Economics, Radio NZ Nights, 30 October 2017
- Tool calculates solar power savings, Southland Times, 17 October 2017
- Tool calculates solar power savings, Manawatu Standard, Palmerston North, 17 October 2017
- Tool calculates solar power savings, Timaru Herald, 17 October 2017
- Online calculator reveals solar power savings, The Dominion Post, Wellington, 17 October 2017
- Tool calculates solar power savings, Taranaki Daily News, New Plymouth, 17 October 2017
- Tool calculates solar power savings, Waikato Times, Hamilton, 17 October 2017
- Free new tool launched by Auckland University that gives an economic estimate of the solar panel potential for most Auckland homes, Interest.co.nz, 15 October 2017
- Can't decide whether to install solar panels?, Newshub, 13 October 2017
- Why hasn't solar power really gained traction yet?, Radio Live, 13 October 2017
- New tool helps households work out whether solar pays off, Stuff NZ, 13 October 2017
- New solar app could help EV owners, EV Talk, 13 October 2017
- How much cash could a solar panel save you?, New Zealand Herald, 13 October 2017
- Are solar panels a good investment? Auckland Uni answers, Future Five, 13 October 2017
- Are solar panels a good investment?, Auckland Uni answers, IT Brief, 13 October 2017
- The problem with trickle-down sustainability, Newsroom, 9 October 2017
- Basil Sharp: Farmers should not pay for all water pollution, New Zealand Herald, 7 September 2017
- Teaming up to tackle Auckland’s transport challenges, Sustainability News, University of Auckland, June 2017
- Solving traffic jams - it’s all in the mind, Newsroom, 13 June 2017
- Water is a precious resource, University of Auckland Business School Newsletter, Basil Sharp, 20 March 2017
2016
- Carbon tax could lower emissions and GST, The University of Auckland News, 22 July 2016
- NZ plugs into the renewable movement, Sunday Star Times, Susan Edmonds, 3 July 2016
- A generation of lost opportunity, New Zealand Herald, Basil Sharp, 21 June 2016
- The power of power, University of Auckland News, 20 June 2016
- Revealed: The suburbs best for solar panels, New Zealand Herald, 29 March 2016