Decription:

Based on papers given at a seminar on 'New and Emerging Renewable Energy Opportunities in New Zealand', which was held in Rotorua on 11 March, 1996.

Hydro power and geothermal energy are mature technologies which are well understood and at present extensively used in an economically competitive energy environment. This is in contrast to the more 'non-traditional' renewable energy technologies described herein, which are judged to be likely to become economically feasible to be applied in New Zealand in the near to medium future (at least in certain areas of application), but which have not yet been taken up commercially to any large extent.

Topics covered include:

Solar Energy Systems
• Solar Photovoltaic Electricity
* Solar Thermal Energy
* Passive Solar Heating Resource

Biomass Energy Systems
* Forest Biomass
* Agricultural Biomass for Energy
* Woody Biomass Conversion Technologies
* Municipal Solid Waste Processing for Energy

Water Energy Systems
* Small Hydro Potential
* Wave, Tide and Ocean Current Power

Wind Energy Systems
* Wind Power Generation

and additional material and discussions topics raised during the seminar.