Barrie Wilkinson

Analyst / Researcher

Barrie has over 30 years' energy industry experience with a chemical and process engineering focus. He has enhanced and developed economic models for energy based technologies drawing together information from a wide variety of sources. Results have been incorporated in reports for a variety of clients. He also has had involvement in developing and operating an energy portal web site, with prime responsibility for its content and organisation.

Barrie has experience with gas regulatory compliance issues, bioenergy and renewable energy project analysis.

Barrie has experience in modern business practice for competitive advantage. This includes providing advice on generation and cogeneration projects, managing and negotiating the purchase of fuel assets, and contributions to business plans.

Barrie's experience includes participating in purchase programmes for thermal fuels including biofuel, focussing on inventory management, portfolio management, and world best practices.

Relevant project experience

• Co-authored update report on energy in New Zealand
• Economic modelling for geothermal and other case studies
• Prepared evidence for environment court hearing
• Reviewed expected electricity generation costs for SOE
• Contributed to regional distributed energy study
• Prepared electricity price path for electricity company
• Co-authored paper on distributed energy for geothermal resources
• Assisted government departments on energy projects.

Barrie has assisted government departments with:

• Electricity consumption monitoring
• Gas Regulatory Compliance issues
• Fuel purchase contract and project financial model
• Prepared report on heating plant for government departments.

Contributed to reports on:

• Renewable energy resources and costs in New Zealand
• Hydro energy resources and costs in New Zealand
• Generation alternatives to transmission lines
• Expected energy use and cost in schools.

and made contribution to the assessment of:

• Forest energy supply and demand, and energy costs
• Energy resources in Wairoa, Southland, and Tairawhiti Regions
• Prepared reports on unit costs of electricity for fossil fired and bioenergy power plant
• Developed sawmill energy cost model
• Assisted in administration and reporting of additional electricity generation during periods of hydro water shortage
• Primary contributor and editor of report on status of renewable energy in New Zealand.

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