CRL Energy mine rehabilitation research programme earns gold rating from NZ Government
	CRL Energy was a finalist in the 2011 New Zealand Innovators’ Awards 2011 for our Silicon Nitride Nanofibres Innovation.
	CRL Energy was a finalist in the 2011 Wellington Gold Awards for Business Excellence in the "Discovering Gold" category for R&D projects. CRL Energy entered their gasifier and associated hydrogen technologies package and achieved a place in the top five, ahead of 14 other entries in the category.

CRL Energy Ltd is an energy, minerals, and environmental research and consulting company, with specialist knowledge in new clean energy technologies such as coal and biomass conversion and a strong history in all aspects of fossil fuel energy, particularly coal-related research. We offer research, consultancy, and testing in the areas of exploration and mining, fuel quality and use, and environmental monitoring.

CRL Energy’s Ministry of Science and Innovation-supported research programme includes coal gasification, clean energy production from coal and biomass, new methods to produce silicon nitride nanofibres, and environmental protocols for coal and mineral mining.

CRL Energy research is not limited to coal, with projects on bioenergy, low enthalpy geothermal utilisation, carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS), and minerals resource development. CRL Energy is part of the EnergyScape programme into future energy pathways led by NIWA and in collaboration with GNS, IRL, and Scion. CRL Energy has been collaborating with BRANZ for a number of years on household energy demand research.

CRL Energy is a Telarc Registered Supplier to ISO9001 and we have IANZ accreditation for much of our testing services. Our chemical laboratories and energy test centres provide a solid practical basis for all our work.

Our main laboratories, test facilities and library are on the Science Campus at Gracefield, Lower Hutt. We also have:

• A geology, environmental, and air quality team based at our Christchurch office;
  
• An air quality and environmental team in Hamilton based on the Ruakura Science Campus;
  
• A coal and water testing laboratory and mine geology service in Greymouth; and
  
• Coal and mine geology services in Westport to service the Buller Region.

CRL Energy is a member of the following organisations:

Latest News

13 January 2012: Are you doing good things with energy? Entries are now open for the 2012 EECA Awards

10 January 2012: CRL Energy partnership awarded six-year environmental monitoring contract

10 January 2012: New employment opportunity: Senior Engineer/Scientist Technology Group (Lower Hutt).

20 December 2011: CRL Energy research programme earns gold rating from Government

19 December 2011: New employment opportunity: Research Engineer (Lower Hutt).

28 November 2011: CCS a key technology

26 October 2011: Silicon nitride nanofibres continue on winning streak

4 October 2011: Proceedings of the AusIMM 2011 workshop are now available (PDF 9MB).

16 September 2011: 2011 World Energy Council survey finds that the outlook for energy is becoming more uncertain

15 September 2011: Spontaneous Combustion Tests now at Buller Lab

29 June 2011: West Coast MP opens new CRL Energy Buller Office

09 May 2011: New Global Energy Scenarios

05 April 2011: New Zealand nanotechnology for reinforcing high tech materials

Contact Us

Head Office
PO Box 31-244
Lower Hutt
New Zealand
Tel: +64 4 570 3700
Freephone in New Zealand: 0800 4 CRL ENERGY or 0800 427 536
Fax: +64 4 570 3701
E-mail: crl@crl.co.nz

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CRL Energy Ltd is a full member of the Energy Federation of New Zealand (Inc.) and the World Energy Council