• Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2022

        Cost of living package for New Zealand households

        As part of the Budget 2022’s Cost of Living Package to give Kiwi families immediate relief through the global energy crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine, the New Zealand Government will cut NZD 0.25 per litre of fuel for until January 2023. The public transport fares will also be cut in half to provide cheaper transport options over the same period. Moreover, the government will provide $116 per month from August to October (3 months) to 2.1 million households. This cost-of-living support serves to mitigate the impact of global inflation from the war in…

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2019

        Responsibility Delivering Value: A Minerals and Petroleum Resource Strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand

        Responsibility Delivering Value: A Minerals and Petroleum Resource Strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand is a strategic plan designed to identify national priorities with respect to minerals and petroleum resources. The plan's major objectives include researching and understanding the stock of strategic resources, including clean-tech minerals and especially lithium, in New Zealand, identifying which minerals are critical to the well-being of New Zealanders and developing international partnerships to ensure supply in light of geopolitical issues, geological scarcity and other factors.The plan acknowledges the essential nature of rare earth elements in a low emissions economy. Among its future…

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2002

        Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Regulations - minimum efficiency performance standards for Motors

        New Zealand has implemented minimum energy performance standards for motors since 2002 under SR 2002/9, equivalent to IE2 high efficiency standards. The code was enhanced along the years with the latest version made available in 2022.

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2024

        Second Emissions Reduction Plan

        New Zealand’s second emissions reduction plan (ERP2) emphasizes hydrogen as a key component in achieving its climate goals. The plan aims to support private investment in hydrogen by creating an enabling regulatory environment, reducing consenting barriers, and promoting a cost-effective, market-led transition to a low-emissions economy. Specific goals include facilitating the development of hydrogen infrastructure, supporting the production of green hydrogen, and exploring its use in heavy industry, transport, and power generation. The overall objective is to leverage hydrogen to significantly reduce emissions and enhance energy security by 2030.

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2024

        Public EV Charging Expansion Plan

        New Zealand's public EV charging aims to increase by 25%, with a total of $15 million in co-funding was approved for the projects in this round, subject to all contracts being signed. 

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2021

        Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Amendment Regulations 2020

        New Zealand updated the minimum energy performance standards for air conditioners up to 65kW and heat pump equipments in 2020. The amendement came into force on 1 July 2021.  

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2008

        Climate Change Response Act- Emissions Trading Scheme

        …hydrofluorocarbons (HFC's)perfluorocarbons (PFCs).All gases are treated and accounted for the same in the NZ ETS, using the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) standard unit.The Government sets and reduces the number of units supplied into the scheme over time. This limits the quantity that emitters can emit, in line with New Zealand’s emission reduction targets. All sectors of New Zealand's economy, apart from agriculture, pay for their emissions through their NZ ETS surrender obligations. The agriculture sector reports its emissions through the NZ ETS but does not have surrender obligations. Schedule 3 of the Climate…

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2001

        AS/NZS 1359.5:2000 Rotating electrical machines - General requirements - Three-phase cage induction motors - High efficiency and minimum energy performance standards requirements: Amendment 1

         Australia and New Zealand introduce their first mandatory MEPS for 3-phase cage induction motors via AS/NZS 1359.5 standard under NAEEEP. 

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2006

        AS/NZS 1359.5:2004 - Rotating electrical machines - General requirements - Part 5: Three-phase cage induction motors - High efficiency and minimum energy performance standards requirements

        Australia and New Zealand revise their MEPS for 3-phase cage induction motors with ratings from 0.73 kW and up to but not including 185 kW. The high efficiency levels are based on a 15% reduction of losses from the levels stated in the previous standards version. 

        • Policy

        • New Zealand

        • 2020

        State Sector Decarbonisation Programme

          

        The New Zealand Government administers a $219.5 million fund to reduce carbon emissions in the State sector. This work supports the Carbon Neutral Government Programme.

         

        To date, the State Sector Decarbonisation (SSD) Fund has committed $96.45 million in SSD funding to projects that include clean energy upgrades at seven universities, ten hospitals and an estimated 90 schools. Investments to date will reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 292,000 over ten years.

         

         

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