Renewable energy

Hydro-electricity is a renewable energy source that relies on the inflow of water into storage lakes upstream of a dam.

How may wind energy generation activities influence sediments in waterways?

What are the impacts of wind energy generation activities on riparian vegetation?

How do wind energy generation activities impact water quality and mahinga kai?

Wind is a renewable and environmentally friendly energy source.

Understanding the complexity of tidal resources in New Zealand’s coastal waters and examining how extracting tidal energy would influence and be influenced by this variability.

This project will demonstrate the commercial feasibility of producing bio-oil by the conversion of algae biomass that has been grown in wastewater treatment facilities. In particular we aim to maximise algae production in High Rate Algal Ponds (HRAP) by adding carbon dioxide, and demonstrate energy efficient conversion of algal biomass to bio-oil.