Coal is abundant, accessible, and cheap. Demand increased when it replaced charcoal for iron-making, and again when the steam engine became a commercial success. Coal fuelled the industrial revolution. Three hundred years later, coal still underpins 21st century life in the developed world. Coal use is responsible for about a quarter of global ...
7th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference.
Superconductivity and energy systems - building capability on New Zealand's expertise.
This one-day forum is aimed at clarifying some issues regarding carbon, carbon cycling, stocks and flows, and carbon equivalence (for example in greenhouse gas, soil organic matter or trees) that have led to confusion and lack of buy-in by the public and primary industries to the intentions of an emission trading scheme.
Winter Lights 2011 will consider New Zealand’s longer-term energy future with an emphasis on the role of fossil fuels in transitioning the country to a more sustainable, low carbon economy. This is the first in a series of Thought Leadership Forums being planned and run by the National Energy Research Institute (NERI).