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New Zealand Energy Quarterly – September 2019

The New Zealand Energy Quarterly provides quarterly data and analysis on energy supply, demand and pricing across various commodities. This edition was released on 12 December 2019.

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September quarter

Energy Quarterly: 2019 Q3 report [PDF, 544 KB]
ISSN 1178-2714 (online)

The main highlights for this quarter are:

  • Overall electricity generation was at its highest level since 2011
  • Renewable sources accounted for 80.8 per cent of electricity generation this quarter, a decrease from 84.8 percent from the same quarter last year
  • Nationally, hydro generation compared to the same quarter a year ago fell by 6.7 per cent, but it was down by almost 19 per cent in the North Island
  • Wind generation reached a record high for any September quarter, while coal-fired generation was more than double that recorded a year earlier and gas-fired generation rose by 13 per cent
  • Electricity consumption was up by 2 per cent on September 2018 as demand rose across all sectors
  • Fuel prices fell, with petrol falling 4 per cent and diesel 7 per cent

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Last updated: 12 March 2020

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