Videos

This video from Meridian shows how electricity is generated at a hydro power station.

This video from Transpower looks inside a hydro generator, examines its components and shows how water drives the turbine to generate electricity.

This video from Transpower looks inside a transformer to illustrate its key components and shows how these work together to induct and transform electricity.

This video from Mercury shows how wind farms transform the energy from wind into electricity.

This video from Mercury shows how heat from the depths of the earth is used to generate electricity.

This video from Mercury shows how solar panels take energy from the sun's rays and turn it in to electricity for your house.

This video from Mercury shows how battery storage could work in New Zealand’s wholesale electricity market.

Electrical Engineer Pierce Hennessey shows us how direct current electricity from energy stored in batteries is converted to mechanical power to drive fast electric vehicles.

Electrical Engineer Kelsey Keenan shows us what an electric power generator looks like and gives us a tour of hydro power stations that use electromagnets to generate electricity.

Associate Professor Martin Allen explains the 'magnetic force on a current carrying wire' using a modern version of Michael Faraday's first electric motor.

Associate Professor Martin Allen uses a vacuum tube and a bar magnet to show how moving charged particles can be deflected by a magnetic field.

Associate Professor Martin Allen demonstrates the forces between like and unlike charges and shows how they "act at a distance."

Associate Professor Martin Allen and PhD student Yanosh Irani explain the difference between conductors and insulators, move objects without touching them, and breakdown air.

Associate Professor Martin Allen and PhD student Yanosh Irani explain how capacitors work and use them to blow up some fruit and veggies!.

Associate Professor Martin Allen and PhD student Yanosh Irani explain how to connect capacitors in series and parallel, and show how capacitors can be used to make lightning.

Associate Professor Martin Allen explains electromagnetic induction, Michael Faraday's second major discovery, using a coil of wire and a big voltmeter.

Associate Professor Martin Allen and PhD student Yanosh Irani use liquid nitrogen to leviate a magnet above a superconductor and use electromagnetic induction to melt a fork!

Mitton ElectroNet's Rebecca and Jenny decided to enter the Futureintech Video competition and took a GoPro on their site visits. The two minute video was created for school children and highlights what engineers do. They had so much fun filming and editing, and received a special mention from Futureintech for portraying the 'fun side of engineering'.

This presentation (October 2015) introduces solar PV technology, examines the worldwide solar PV market, and solar PV in New Zealand. The second part covers the experience of installing solar PV on schools in Tonga, as part of an international aid programme.

Electric vehicles could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provided the electricity required to power them is from renewable generation. The presentation (May 2015) provides an overview of the impact of EV and highlights the future need for skills and training in New Zealand.

Hear about Vladimir's experience with his final year project for Electrical Engineering at the University of Canterbury, installing solar panels on schools in Tonga.