Energy sector stories
Precision hoses and fittings helped keep the 6-7 tonne AC75 foiling boats upright as the contest was decided by engineering as much as sailing.
Better visibility into inventories and provenance could help firms cut downtime, reduce errors and recover faster as demand rebounds.
Its 400-plus service points across Australasia are helping customers cut costly downtime as Hydraulink adds new distributors and branches.
Consumers faced an extra USD $80 million bill as the Electricity Authority found Meridian’s spilling also raised emissions and fossil fuel use.
Bond markets and prolonged virus disruption could strain weaker firms, with airlines, shipping and non-food retail facing the biggest risk.
Safety performance across the electricity sector has improved further, with its TRIFR down 19% and five years without a fatality.
Training for emergency venting now lets First Gas staff practise dangerous pipeline work in virtual reality, cutting risk to people and assets.
WorkSafe New Zealand will be led by Phil Parkes, with the appointment set to ensure continuity after Nicole Rosie’s move to the NZ Transport Agency.
Customers in Auckland could face shorter outages as Vector and IBM use weather forecasts and AI to spot storm and vegetation risks up to 72 hours ahead.
Without a national framework, Australian energy-from-waste projects risk stranded investment and misallocated feedstock in the circular economy.
The planned tie-up would give New Zealand clients wider access to Dentons’ global legal talent and broader regional reach early next year.
Pragmatic solutions are needed to cut waste, trim compliance costs and keep safety goals intact as prescriptive rules prove too rigid.
Six workers were put at risk after 140 litres of LPG escaped at a Taranaki gas station, prompting fines for three firms.
The Texas plant could help slash emissions from electricity generation if its carbon-capture system proves cheap enough for mass adoption.
The move will accelerate fleet electrification and could cut emissions, with Genesis already halfway to hybrid or electric light vehicles and adding chargers.
Confined-space lifting gets safer, as stop rings and nitrocarburised surfaces help protect 10-100 ton cylinders in harsh sites.
Demand for crash-rated barriers and bollards is rising as facility managers in New Zealand seek stronger protection against hostile vehicle attacks.
New Zealand could slash transport emissions by up to 88% by 2050 if policymakers back a faster switch to electric and renewable fuel vehicles.
Industries inspecting aircraft engines and turbines can now avoid disassembly with a lighter scope offering brighter images and oil-clearing optics.
Rising cyberattacks on smart grids are driving utilities to adopt stronger identity checks and encryption as connected meters multiply 30% a year.
