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The role of research in New Zealand’s sustainable future
David Parker
Energy and Climate Change Minister
June 2008
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“Why shouldn’t New Zealand aim to be the first country which is truly sustainable? Not by sacrificing our living standards, but by being smart and determined.”
- Prime Minister Helen Clark
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Climate change will change our natural environment
• Increased frequency of severe climatic events like droughts, floods, and storms
• Wetter in west, drier in east• Changed growing
seasons/regions• Biosecurity risks
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Role of research and education
Universities contribute:• Research on behavioural and technological
issues• Scientific understanding and analysis of our
energy resource base, climactic data, adaptation and mitigation issues
• Analysis and presentation of views to inform public debates and policy development
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Funding for sustainable development research
Budget 2008: $32.5m over 4 years:
• $10 m for renewable energy research• $18.5m for transformation Research, Science
and Technology– Includes $4m for the Low Carbon Energy
Technologies (LCET) Fund
• $4m for deep geothermal energy research
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Growth areas
• Renewable energy• Energy efficiency• Agricultural mitigation
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90 percent renewable electricity by 2025
New Build Generation Costs
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Geothermal
• NZ already a world leader in geothermal development
• 8% of electricity from shallow geothermal
• Untapped deep geothermal resource
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Wind energy
• Small proportion in New Zealand at present, but big potential
• Integration into grid
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Wave and tidal
• Marine Energy Deployment Fund: $8m over four years
• First award made to Crest Energy for $1.85m
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Biofuels
• Biofuel Bill will mean sales of biofuels are mandatory
• Sustainability standard being developed
• Second generation biofuels
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Energy efficiency
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Electric vehicles
• NZ to be world leaders in using electric vehicles
• Powered by renewables• ‘Smart grid’ needed to balance load
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Designline hybrid electric bus
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Building design
• Building Code changes mean better insulation and efficiency standards
• The future lies in smarter design to reduce energy use
Conservation House
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Recycling/Waste recovery
• Reduce emissions by re-using and recycling
• Engineering, design, and science all play a part
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Agricultural mitigation
• NZ to continue as a world leader in agricultural emissions reduction research
• NZ to lead the world in reducing agricultural emissions
• Livestock Emissions and Abatement Research Network
Methane
Nitrous oxide
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Biggest ever boost to primary sector R&D
• $700 million over 10-15 years
• Four focus areas:– Sustainable pastoral
systems including emission reductions
– Research and education capability
– Food innovation clusters
– Internationalisation
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Summary
• Climate change means opportunity as well as risk
• Sustainability is part of the government’s economic transformation agenda
• Innovation is key to making the most of change