A committee tasked with developing a plan for New Zealand's electricity generation to be from 100 per cent renewable sources has delivered confronting advice. Such a policy would see around 8 per cent of New Zealand's total electricity generation coming from fossil fuels by 2035. "We always envisioned that there was a role for gas peaking within that 100 per cent target," Woods said. It wasn't a straight 100 per cent renewable target." Green Party co-leader James Shaw, who is also the Minister for Climate Change described 100 per cent renewable electricity as an "aspirational goal".

Source: Stuff June 24, 2019 02:15 UTC