Press Release – New Zealand Government Budget 2021 delivers $67.4 million to support the transition to a carbon neutral public sector by 2025 State Sector Decarbonisation Fund receives significant boost to support more schools, hospitals and other government organisations to replace …
· Budget 2021 delivers $67.4 million to support the transition to a carbon neutral public sector by 2025
· State Sector Decarbonisation Fund receives significant boost to support more schools, hospitals and other government organisations to replace coal boilers with clean alternatives
· Budget boost will also accelerate the Government’s ‘electric vehicles first’ policy with $41.8 million for the leasing of low emissions vehicles across the public sector
· Additional 76,000 tonnes of carbon emissions saved over 10 years
$4.3m for Northland DHB to expand electric vehicle fleet
14 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Northland DHB will expand its fleet of electric vehicles with new Hyundai Konas after getting $4.3 million of government funding.
Northland DHB will expand its fleet of electric vehicles with new Hyundai Konas after getting $4.3 million of government funding.
Northern Advocate
Northland District Health Board will expand its fleet of electric vehicles (EV) and install the charging infrastructure thanks to $4.3 million of government funding.
Margriet Geesink, NDHB sustainability development manager, said over the last five years NDHB has been actively reducing its carbon emissions with a wide range of measures, including changing all diesel boilers to electric heat pumps and reducing medical gas usage to achieve the target to halve emissions in 2030.
$5.1 million
for the Department of Conservation to buy 148 electric
vehicles and install charging infrastructure
$1.1
million to help Kāinga Ora buy 40 electric vehicles and
install charging infrastructure
11,600 tonnes of
carbon emissions saved over 10 years
Progress
towards the Government’s plan for a carbon neutral public
sector by 2025 has accelerated thanks to funding announced
today for more than 400 electric vehicles.
Minister of
Climate Change James Shaw, today announced $13.1 million of
funding to ensure more state sector staff can get around
while also helping the planet.
“Today’s
announcement is a significant step towards our goal of
carbon neutrality in the public sector within five years,”