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Meridian Energy Celebrity Walk Week
Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 1:03 pm | Meridian Energy
Dust off your boots, grab your friends and head to the Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track in Southland for the Meridian Energy Celebrity Walk Week from 17-21 November. More >>
Recreational Flow For Tekapo River
Thursday, 21 October 2004, 11:58 am | Meridian Energy
Recreational flow releases for Tekapo River to attract whitewater canoeing enthusiasts More >>
Final wind turbine installed
Monday, 18 October 2004, 11:32 am | Meridian Energy
Meridian Energy’s Te Apiti wind farm development in the Tararua ranges reached a major milestone at the weekend, with the completion of the project’s 55th and last wind turbine on Saturday. More >>
Final wind turbine installed as project nears end
Monday, 18 October 2004, 12:07 am | Meridian Energy
Meridian Energy’s Te Apiti wind farm development in the Tararua ranges reached a major milestone at the weekend, with the completion of the project’s 55th and last wind turbine on Saturday. The final component put in place was the 70m-diameter rotor, ... More >>
Electricity demand growth continues in September
Friday, 15 October 2004, 2:56 pm | Meridian Energy
This year's trend of strong electricity demand continued in September, following record demand over the cold winter months. More >>
Electricity demand reaches record levels
Friday, 24 September 2004, 3:28 pm | Meridian Energy
High electricity demand over the winter has been met by very strong hydro power generation as a result of greater than average inflows into the big hydro storage lakes. More >>
Mackenzie Basin water users agree to work together
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 1:15 pm | Meridian Energy
The major water users in the Mackenzie Basin, Meridian Energy and farmers have agreed to begin negotiations on how irrigation can be provided to farmers in the upper Waitaki catchment. They will also seek to negotiate a common approach to water allocation ... More >>
White Hill wind farm site proposed by Meridian
Friday, 17 September 2004, 12:14 am | Meridian Energy
New Zealand’s largest generator of renewable energy Meridian Energy today announced it would seek resource consents for a wind farm of up to 70 MW near Mossburn in northern Southland. More >>
Strong winter demand met by hydro generation
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 11:47 am | Meridian Energy
Strong hydro-electric production over winter helped ensure that New Zealand’s electricity supply met record demand during the cold months of June, July and August. More >>
Stray voltage a negative for dairy cows
Friday, 20 August 2004, 3:47 pm | Meridian Energy
Meridian Energy has increased milk quality and reduced the milking time at a dairy-shed in Kurow, North Otago, by eliminating stray voltage in the shed. More >>
Dairy farm hot-water power use cut by two-thirds
Friday, 20 August 2004, 3:46 pm | Meridian Energy
A Kiwi engineer’s idea has been turned into a device that takes the heat from cows’ milk and uses it to heat water, reducing hot-water costs by around two-thirds in a typical milking shed. More >>
Varivac provides farm energy efficiency benefits
Friday, 20 August 2004, 3:44 pm | Meridian Energy
Innovative Kiwi technology has provided real energy efficiency benefits for a Kurow dairy farm, with power demand for its cow-shed vacuum pump cut by two-thirds. More >>
Energy efficiency on North Otago dairy farm
Friday, 20 August 2004, 3:43 pm | Meridian Energy
The county’s largest hydro-electric generator has reduced power-usage at a dairy farm it owns near Kurow in North Otago by around 27 percent as a result of innovative Kiwi technology. More >>
DOC conservation award for Lawrence Area School
Friday, 13 August 2004, 4:06 pm | Meridian Energy
A tree-planting scheme has won Lawrence Area School in Otago a prestigious Department of Conservation environmental award, named after one of Southland’s pioneer conservationists. More >>
Another successful trout spawning season
Friday, 6 August 2004, 3:20 pm | Meridian Energy
Meridian Energy and Fish and Game NZ are working together to ensure another successful trout-spawning season in the Upper Waiau River, the outlet of Lake Te Anau. More >>
First power celebrated at Meridian Wind Farm
Thursday, 5 August 2004, 10:30 am | Meridian Energy
Energy Minister Pete Hodgson was guest of honour at a ceremony marking the generation of first power at Meridian Energy’s Te Apiti wind farm north of the Manawatu Gorge today. More >>
Meridian helps to keep Christchurch babies warm
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 3:58 pm | Meridian Energy
“Meridian is providing practical help to a number of families with small children, through the targeted activities of the Warm Babies programme run by Commuity Energy Action,” says Meridian Energy spokesman Alan Seay. More >>
Energy saving installations for Meridian customers
Friday, 9 July 2004, 1:51 pm | Meridian Energy
Hundreds of Christchurch households are being offered free installation of energy saving solutions in a project funded by Meridian Energy and delivered by EnergySmart with help and advice from Community Energy Action (CEA). More >>
Energy saving installations for Meridian customers
Friday, 9 July 2004, 11:23 am | Meridian Energy
Hundreds of Christchurch households are being offered free installation of energy saving solutions in a project funded by Meridian Energy and delivered by EnergySmart with help and advice from Community Energy Action (CEA). More >>
Windfarm transmission agreement signed
Friday, 2 July 2004, 3:24 pm | Meridian Energy
State-owned power companies Meridian Energy and Transpower have reached agreement for the connection of Meridian’s new windfarm at Te Apiti in the Manawatu, to the national grid. More >>
