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New Zealand wants to build a 100% renewable electricity grid, but massive infrastructure is not the best option

  • Written by Janet Stephenson, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago
New Zealand wants to build a 100% renewable electricity grid, but massive infrastructure is not the best optionJuergen_Wallstabe/Shutterstock

A proposed multibillion-dollar project to build a pumped hydro storage plant could make New Zealand’s electricity grid 100% renewable, but expensive new infrastructure may not be the best way to achieve this.

New Zealand’s electricity generation is already around 80% renewable, with just over half of that...

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