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Renewable Energy Supply Hits Record High in New Zealand (GlobalPost)

Geothermal provides 56% of NZ renewable energy

The proportion of renewable energy in New Zealand's total energy supply reached a record high last year, a government report said Wednesday.

"Renewable energy made up 39.5 percent of New Zealand's total primary energy supply, up 1.3 percent from the previous year," Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) manager of energy and building trends Bryan Field said on the release of the Energy in New Zealand 2015 report.

"This is the highest contribution on record and places New Zealand third on this measure internationally, after Iceland and Norway. This was due to strong growth in geothermal electricity generation in 2014." Geothermal energy generated just over 200 Peta-joules (55,555,556 MWh) in 2014.

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