The Future of Electricity Generation in New Zealand

Phil Bishop and Brian Bull

No 96442, 2008 Conference, August 28-29, 2008, Nelson, New Zealand from New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

Abstract: Increasing demand for electricity in New Zealand requires approximately 150 megawatts of new capacity to be installed annually. Rapidly increasing global prices for fossil fuels; the New Zealand Energy Strategy with its focus on renewable technologies; climate change policies; and a gradual shift from an energy constrained electricity system to one with capacity constraints are all factors underlying a change in the type of generation plant being installed and the location of that plant. This paper examines the likely future of the generation sector over the next 20-30 years. It is based on the work undertaken by the Electricity Commission in preparing its Statement of Opportunities, which contains scenarios describing how electricity may be generated in the future. These scenarios are produced using the Commission’s generation expansion model.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27
Date: 2008-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.96442

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