Technical Report

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  Canterbury Regional Energy Strategy Project - A Preliminary Stage 1 Report on Energy Security Issues in Canterbury. (1607 KB)
  Environment Canterbury is a member of the Canterbury Regional Energy Forum, which is examining energy risk, resilience and organisational issues associated with ‘grid’ and ‘non-grid’ energy systems. Through the Canterbury Regional Energy Strategy Project (CRESP), the Forum envisages a new approach to planning that takes better account of regional opportunities, industry capacity and local needs. Executive Summary of report also available.
  Author: New Zealand for Advanced Engineering Published: 01/04/2007 Type: Technical Report
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    Canterbury Regional Energy Strategy Project - Executive summary (1186 KB)
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  Canterbury Regional Statement of Opportunities for Energy (7642 KB)
  This report was commissioned by ECan to better understand how energy is addressed through its current policy portfolios, and the inter-relationships between energy and other portfolios (particularly water, land use and air quality).
  Author: New Zealand Centre for Advanced Engineering Published: 01/06/2008 Type: Technical Report
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  Empowering Canterbury - Defining a role for Environment Canterbury in energy policy. (562 KB)
  This report has been prepared for the ERST 635 Group Case Study, as part of the Master of Environmental Policy (MEP) degree at Lincoln University in 2006. This year’s case study focuses on determining the optimal role for Environment Canterbury with regard to energy policy.
  Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 01/05/2006 Type: Technical Report
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  Energy into the future for the Canterbury region - Canterbury Region Energy Seminars Briefing Paper (308 KB)
  Environment Canterbury (ECan) has undertaken to debate the issues associated with the provision of a sustainable energy system for Canterbury, as identified in the Regional Energy Strategy (RES) released in April 2004 (ECan 2004). These issues were debated as seminar/workshop forums in late 2005, as part of the on-going RES consultation process.
  Author: Mike O'Connell Published: 01/09/2005 Type: Technical Report
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  Energy into the Future: Creating a long-term balance between energy planning and desired community outcomes. (41 KB)
  Energy has become both a national and a local issue. This shift is supported by a growing policy emphasis towards sustainable development aimed to give better effect to government’s strategies for action in this area. A vital component of this policy development is addressing energy security and supply demand issues within the framework of creating for New Zealand a fully sustainable energy system.
  Author: Mike O'Connell & George Hooper Published: 01/06/2006 Type: Technical Report
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  Environment Canterbury Clean Heat Project - An air quality improvement project for the urban environment. (260 KB)
  There are associated energy issues that are less well understood or debated, including lack of progress in improving household energy efficiency and the trend toward lower use of wood as a residential fuel in favour of increasing use of electricity (heat pumps). The energy – air quality policy interface raises questions regarding regional energy security and efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions; and this paper is an initial examination of these issues.
  Author: Mike Gaudin & Mike O'Connell Published: 01/11/2007 Type: Technical Report
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  Identifying the Linkages between Energy policy and other ECan Policy Portfolios - ECan Report U08/48 June 2008 (860 KB)
  This report was commissioned by ECan to better understand how energy is addressed through its current policy portfolios, and the inter-relationships between energy and other portfolios (particularly water, land use and air quality).
  Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 01/06/2008 Type: Technical Report
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  Peak Oil and Climate Change Effects: Issues facing Environment Canterbury (816 KB)
  This report examines projected climate change and Peak Oil impacts on council services and operations by investigating qualitatively at how the combined effects of climate and Peak Oil will impact on ECan’s services and operations over the LTCCP period (2006-2016). A second part of the report provides an update on the issues surrounding carbon and emissions trading.
  Author: Jaquetta Bradshaw, Jeska McNicol & Mike O'Connell Published: 01/10/2007 Type: Technical Report
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  Regional Energy Survey 2006 (504 KB)
  This study communicates the range of possibilities for regional energy investment (supply-side opportunities); and demand-side opportunities (e.g. energy demand reduction or demonstration projects). This regional statement of opportunities for energy is primarily a desk-top initiative of existing available information as applied to the Canterbury region.
  Author: New Zealand Centre for Advanced Engineering Published: 01/04/2009 Type: Technical Report
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  Renewable Energy Assessment (1693 KB)
  This study aims to identify and assess the renewable energy potential in the Canterbury Region and assist Environment Canterbury (ECan) to identify where it can play a role in realising that potential using both regulatory and non-regulatory approaches.
  Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 28/07/2006 Type: Technical Report
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    Appendix B Maps 1-3 (5959 KB)
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    Appendix B Maps 4-9 (4075 KB)
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  Renewable Energy Resources in Canterbury: Potential, Barriers and Options (838 KB)
  A study undertaken in 2002 to examine the potential for renewable energy in Canterbury – Report U02/26 – June 2002.
  Author: Darci Westergard Published: 01/06/2002 Type: Technical Report
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  Towards an affordable, reliable, resilient and sustainable energy for Canterbury (1433 KB)
  Environment Canterbury endorsed the taking of a regional energy approach in June 2007. This document is seen as a scoping document which will lead to development of a more comprehensive, stakeholder-driven regional energy strategy in 2009. It sets out ECan’s role as that of an advocating and influencing agency and facilitator for promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy and the sustainable use of energy.
  Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 01/12/2008 Type: Technical Report