Alternative Energy
Beyond gas and oil: Can alternative energy save Taranaki?
Taranaki is wrestling with it's economic future after the government banned new offshore oil exploration. Robin Martin asks if alternative fuels could be the region's saviour. Audio
Amokura Panoho
Amokura Panoho is the spokesperson for the Parihaka Passive resistance to Climate Change initiative. Audio
Wireless Power Transmission
University of Auckland engineers John Boys and Grant Covic win $500,000 for their inductive power transfer technology. Audio
Sunday, 13 March 2011: Community-owned power
Ideas talks to people involved in a number of community-owned power projects throughout the country. Audio
Potato-based battery cheap as well as tasty
You can boil them, fry them, mash them and that's not all you can do with potatoes. Audio
Wave energy plant proposed for Chatham Islands
Generating electricity using ocean waves is being touted as a way to solve energy problems on the Chatham Islands. Audio
Chatham Islands harnessing wind power
In what may well count as the country's smallest wind farm, the Chatham Islands is putting up two wind turbines to try to cut locals' power bills. Audio
Insight Sunday 13 May: Geothermal Energy
Insight looks at the potential of geothermal energy Audio