Rebecca Peer

Nov 29, 2024 | canterbury.ac.nz | Rebecca Peer

Photo caption: Dr Rebecca Peer was one of two UC delegates to attend COP29 in person, while another 10 UC delegates attended online. By Rebecca Peer A mere 35 hours and 32 minutes after its scheduled end, COP29 officially came to a close – making it the fourth longest COP in history. Tension builds during week 2 The second week of the international conference felt tense, with pressure to deliver outcomes, especially on climate finance.

Nov 24, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jannik Haas |Aaron Marshall |Andy Nicol |David Frank Dempsey |Ian Wright |Matthew Watson | +1 more

Jannik Haas receives funding from MBIE to work on topics related to energy systems and holds clean energy stocks. Aaron Marshall receives funding from MBIE to work on water electrolysers and energy-related technology. He has received funding from NZIMMR for energy storage technology. He is a co-founder and shareholder of Ternary Kinetics which is developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology and has minor shareholdings in a range of energy companies.

Oct 8, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | David Frank Dempsey |Jannik Haas |Rebecca Peer

THREE KEY FACTS:The Government will reverse its ban on oil and gas explorationNew Zealand’s natural gas production is expected to drop below demandGreenpeace labels plans to reverse exploration ban a ‘pipe dream’David Dempsey is an Associate professor; Jannik Haas is a Senior Lecturer of Sustainable Systems; Rebecca Peer is a Senior lecturer. All are based at the University of Canterbury.

Aug 13, 2024 | techxplore.com | David Frank Dempsey |Jannik Haas |Rebecca Peer

The coalition government recently announced its plan to reverse a ban on new oil and gas exploration to deal with an energy security challenge brought on by rapidly declining natural gas reserves. But this assumes, rather optimistically, that repealing the ban will prompt companies to invest in new gas fields. In practice, those companies will be carefully considering whether there is anyone to sell their gas to, or whether a future government could change the rules again.

Aug 12, 2024 | theconversation.com | David Frank Dempsey |Jannik Haas |Rebecca Peer

The coalition government recently announced its plan to reverse a ban on new oil and gas exploration to deal with an energy security challenge brought on by rapidly declining natural gas reserves. But this assumes, rather optimistically, that repealing the ban will prompt companies to invest in new gas fields. In practice, those companies will be carefully considering whether there is anyone to sell their gas to, or whether a future government could change the rules again.