Just why I love Genesis so much from now on especially: Genesis - keeping the lights on!
Ralph Sims, Professor Emeritus, Sustainable Energy and Climate Mitigation, Massey University, comments:
“Climate scientists have told us for decades to expect more dry years – this could be one of them.
“On Tuesday afternoon (4 May), South Island hydro was running at around half its full capacity and North Island hydro about one quarter.
Geothermal was near full capacity, North Island gas around a third, but wind power only around 20 per cent. Yet it was a windy day.
Solar was too small to show, and the coal / gas plant (Huntley) was running at full capacity.
Hence, renewable electricity generation was down to nearly 70 per cent of total generation compared to the usual level of over 80 per cent.