Policy and Research Implications of Social capital for New Zealand | Institute of Policy Studies | Victoria University Wellington
 

Breaking Dependence on Fossil Fuels by 2020: Is this a Desirable and Realistic Goal for New Zealand?

Geoff Bertram - Note on distributed generation

Slides presented by speakers during each session are available for downloading here in PDF format.

Roundtable 1 (23 June 2006): Risks of Climate Change, Oil Supply and Energy Security

Tim Denne, Covec -  Security of Supply - Do we need more of it?
Ralph Samuelson, MED - What can we say about the future of oil?

Roundtable 2 (7 July 2006): Stationary Energy

Don Cleland, Massey University - Energy Efficiency Potential
Brian Cox, East Harbour Management - Renewable Energy Supply Potential
Rob Whitney, CRL Energy - Carbon Capture and Storage

Roundtable 3 (21 July 2006): Transport

Eric Martinot, Tsinghua University - Global Biofuels Markets, Industry, and Policies
Ralph Sims, Massey University  - Biofuels - Potentials and Costs  
Bruce Smith, Electricity Commission -  Pug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Electricity Demand Scenario
Don Elder, Solid Energy - Confronting Emissions... transport, policy choices, and the coal option

Roundtable 4 (4 August 2006): Policy Issues

Brent Layton, NZIER - Lessons from Past 'Energy Crises'
Guy Salmon, Ecologic - Institutional Arrangements for Sustainable Development - Can We Learn from the Nordic Countries?
Stuart Calman, Ministry of Economic Development - Developing the National Energy Strategy