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After three years of support, HERA Foundation is pleased to report the close out of Scholarship Recipient Shoulong Dong’s doctoral project. Shoulong’s R&D was focused on the development of an online engineering framework to aid engineers and researchers to carry out preliminary design exercises and performance evaluation. Developing an Expert Design Tool (EDT) as part…
Starting from today our Industry Development Manager Dr Boaz Habib will be on the move. Exploring member opportunities, cementing key relationships and following up on our research and development program AGGAT deliverables before the year comes to an end. Beginning his journey in Rotorua, he’ll be stopping off at our member company BOP Gear Cutter.…
The Materials Test Rig was installed at Ohaaki Thermal Kilns earlier this year as an outcome of our AGGAT program, with generous fabrication support from some of our members. Currently undergoing commissioning works, early trials on the rig have confirmed significant scaling potential from the geothermal resource available on site. Ohaaki thermal kilns owner Mr…
Last week our Manager Industry Development Dr. Boaz Habib had the opportunity to present at the Casting Technology New Zealand Annual Conference, 11 – 13 August 2017. Focused on the theme ‘sustainable foundries for the future’ in casting technology, it was a well-attended event. Attracting around 50 industry representatives from across New Zealand and Australia…
It’s with great pleasure that we welcome Risa Hoshi to our Industry Development team – who joins us from Akita University Japan, for a three month internship. Risa comes to us in her fourth year BA in International Resource Policy Management with a major focus in international law & cooperation, development, economics and resource area…
We’re pleased to report that the next round of works for our materials test rig installed at Ohaaki have been completed and are now ready for commissioning phase. Our Research Engineer Holger Heinzel and Intern Tobias Kick have been working tirelessly to drive this project forward to specification – successfully connecting it to a geothermal…
Our AGGAT team is progressing well on our Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust project in Rotorua for the development of a geothermal spa/bathing recreational facility. On a tight timeline for delivery, construction is expected to begin towards the end of the year – so we have much to do. Our engineers have been actively assessing our client’s…
Ground breaking research and development. When it happens – it changes the lay of the land in ways we’d never imagine. Take Edison and his electric light – an apparatus which would cause gas lighting to be a thing of the past, despite naysayers saying it wasn’t possible. Oh how he proved them wrong. But…
Recently, our Intern Researcher Jenny Knittel had the opportunity to visit Top Energy Limited at Ngawha Springs, as we work to explore waste heat opportunities throughout New Zealand for the benefit of our AGGAT partners and members. A local electricity generation and lines network supplying power to 30,000 consumers throughout the mid- to far-north of…
The end of November saw a heavy contingent of our AGGAT team attend the 38th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop at the University of Auckland – as we work to share our research and development findings to create collaborative global opportunities in the clean energy space for our members. Highlighting five AGGAT research focuses, our team presented…
Our Industry Development AGGAT program team is pleased to announce the on-site installation of our Materials Test Rig at the Ohaaki Thermal Kilns grounds. This couldn’t have been possible without the collaboration of the following members: BOP Gear Cutters Contact Energy Dobbie Engineers H. J. Asmuss & Co. Index Engineering Initiative Engineering Jensen Steel Fabricators…