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Offshore Renewable Energy Forum in Hawera this March
The 2024 Offshore Renewable Energy Forum at the TSB Hub, Hawera, on March 20-21, will be hosted by future energy centre Ara Ake and Te Puna Umanga Venture…
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SolarZero wins Innovation in Energy Award
The Ara Ake sponsored Innovation in Energy award was presented to SolarZero at the 2023 New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards in Christchurch. It was for an industry-first utilisation…
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Kiwis can alleviate energy hardship on new platform
Empower Energy has launched its platform that enables the donation of power bill credits to be distributed to families experiencing energy hardship, which may include some EV charging.…
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11,000 home solar batteries to add 30MW to electricity grid
Ara Ake and SolarZero are collaborating on an innovative winter 2023 peak solution for electricity -enabling 30MW of additional network capacity on-demand. Hailed as a world-leading pilot project,…
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Solar energy sharing trial approved
The Electricity Authority has approved two exemptions and technical and non-controversial amendments to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 to facilitate an energy sharing trial led by Kāinga…
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New partnership driving South Auckland sustainable energy solutions
Following the Ara Ake New Zealand Decarbonisation Challenge pitch event in November 2022, another pilot has emerged in collaboration between Counties Energy, OpenLoop, Europe-based Plexigrid, and Ara Ake.…
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Light solar panels for Ara Ake’s national Future Energy Centre
New Zealand will be the first country in the world to receive solar panels from Dutch start-up Solarge – the most circular, lightweight solar panels produced. Ara Ake,…
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Partnership helping NZ truck fleets kick the carbon
Government-funded future energy centre Ara Ake is working with major road freight and transport companies to help them better assess the options and costs for decarbonising their fleet…