Hmm... Yes we have large amounts of hydro, some geothermal and some wind but we use coal to supply the peaks. The missing piece seems to be network level stora

Hmm... Yes we have large amounts of hydro, some geothermal and some wind but we use coal to supply the peaks. The missing piece seems to be network level storage so usage times can be decoupled from generation times. There is also the problem that hydro is not recognised as renewable. At least as far as carbon credits go. NZ landed in hot water after that was announced. We expected to come out in a good position on carbon trading, that was not the case.