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Southland, New ZealandE3 ChemistryE10E12E11

Coal Country Faces Transition Challenges

Southland's former coal industry confronts a bleak future as the region struggles to transition from fossil fuels, per Otago Daily Times.

The area's economic shift reflects broader national trends toward renewable energy, though local communities face significant uncertainty about their livelihoods, reports ODT.

Meanwhile, a new $17.8 million hydrogen exploration grant aims to boost the region's future energy prospects, according to Inside Government.

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Sources —

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01insidegovernmentinsidegovernment.co.nz · 5 Nov$17.8m RIF grant to accelerate Southland hydrogen exploration 02odtodt.co.nz · 5 Nov‘New Zealand’s been sold out’: Southland's former coal country fights for survival 03southlandappsouthlandapp.nz · 5 NovNew Dialysis Unit Boosts Southland Care 04nzheraldnzherald.co.nz · 5 NovSouthland farmers could face wetter, windier weather this summer

Open data on the globe —

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Electricity from coal
New Zealand: 1.1% · 71 of 195
Highest: Botswana 98% · Mongolia 86% · South Africa 81%
“Electricity from coal, country by country: New Zealand is at 1.1%, 71 of 195.”
Our World in Data · Ember, Energy Institute · Open the same data on ourworldindata.org →

Why these floors —

E3 · E10 · E12 · E11

E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E3, chemistry; the pressure it names: energy transition. Its words also reach E10 institutions, E12 states and E11 organizations.

Here it is a dynamic between institutions, states and organizations: fossil fuels, economic shift, renewable energy and future energy prospects (E10 institutions), with Otago Daily Times and ODT (E12 states), and hydrogen exploration grant (E11 organizations).

E0 fieldsE7 ecosystemsE14 global
E3 Chemistrymain floor

The floor of chemistry: what is in the air and ground.

E10 Institutions

The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: fossil fuels, economic shift, renewable energy, future energy prospects.

E12 States

The floor of states and force. In this briefing: Otago Daily Times, ODT.

E11 Organizations

The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: hydrogen exploration grant.