Our Natural Resources

New Zealand's economy depends on natural resources and energy to survive and thrive. Almost all our exports - from tourism to agricultural produce - have a major component of these in production, processing or transport.

In a world increasingly starved for available, affordable energy and other commodities many countries are threatened - but our indigenous natural resources make us one of the world's richest nations.

Abundant renewable energy of almost every form, our vast accessible coal resources enough to supply all New Zealand's energy for many centuries, and our extensive other natural resources rank us at the top in the world on a per capita basis. Solid Energy is committed to making these resources available to support New Zealand's increased economic prosperity and standard of living. We already supply (and export) coal, waste wood biomass, wood pellets, biodiesel, electricity from coal seam gas, and solar water heating.

We are bringing to New Zealand, and developing ourselves, globally leading technologies. These will provide secure, affordable and environmentally acceptable energy and other important products to help make our economy one of the most competitive, and to support the standard of living New Zealanders expect, for many decades into the future.