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The Future of Gas in New Zealand

Why are we still using gas in New Zealand?

As an energy for homes and businesses, gas has many uses. From cooking, to keeping us warm and heating our water. It’s also used to produce electricity when there is not enough renewable electricity to meet demand, and by large industrial and commercial gas customers countrywide.

Today natural gas and LPG are used by around 600,000 homes and businesses in New Zealand.

What is the future for gas?

If you like today’s gas, you’ll love tomorrow’s. In the transition away from gases produced from fossil sources, countries around the world are either using or investigating renewable gases - gases that are either net zero or have low carbon emissions. Renewable biogas and hydrogen are already being developed and trialed here in New Zealand.

The future looks bright with renewable gases.

There are numerous renewable gas options on the horizon. Everything from renewable biogas and hydrogen, to renewable natural gas, renewable LPG, and renewable DME.

Renewable Hydrogen
Biogas
Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)
Renewable LPG (RLPG)
Renewable DME (RDME)

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NZ school enters Hydrogen Grand Prix 
NZ school enters Hydrogen Grand Prix 

The international Hydrogen Grand Prix programme for school students has reached New Zealand for the first time this year.

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Multiple research streams into Hydrogen in New Zealand
Multiple research streams into Hydrogen in New Zealand

With New Zealand’s first hydrogen refueling network being set up to fuel freight trucks, a wide range of research is also underway in New Zealand universities and crown research institutes into the production, use and storage of hydrogen – primarily ‘green’ hydrogen produced by splitting water using electrolysis.

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The potential for biogas in New Zealand
The potential for biogas in New Zealand

The energy, agricultural and waste sectors should collaborate to reduce New Zealand’s emissions by capturing biogas produced from organic waste, an independent report commissioned by Powerco, Clarus and Ecogas says.

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It’s an exciting time for gas as we look to transition this high-performance energy towards being renewable, low carbon and eventually net zero carbon.