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Ara Ake Reopens National Flex Discovery Fund With Renewed Focus On Digital Connectivity
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 9:46 am | Ara Ake
The Fund helps flexibility service providers connect devices such as batteries, electric vehicles and smart appliances to open-access platforms, so their energy-saving and grid-supporting potential can be seen and used by potential buyers. More >>
Auckland Hosts National Cleantech Leaders For One-Day Innovation Trek
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 10:33 am | Ara Ake
The one-day programme will showcase Auckland innovation, examine pathways to commercialisation, and strengthen connections across Aotearoa’s cleantech ecosystem. More >>
Conference To Tackle Energy Hardship And Build Resilience Returns For 3rd Year
Monday, 1 September 2025, 7:25 am | Ara Ake
The two-day event will focus on addressing energy hardship while highlighting innovative, community-led energy solutions already making a difference on the ground. More >>
Ara Ake Launches $1 Million National Flex Discovery Fund To Boost Flexibility Innovation In Aotearoa New Zealand
Monday, 26 May 2025, 7:18 am | Ara Ake
Flexible energy resources, such as batteries, electric vehicles, and smart appliances, hold immense potential to support the electricity grid during peak demand periods, reduce the need for infrastructure investment, and lower energy costs for consumers. More >>
New Zealand Cleantech Companies Making An Impact On The World Stage
Friday, 16 May 2025, 8:02 am | Ara Ake
"It’s huge that these NZ startups-some named in the Asia Forum’s ‘APAC Cleantech 25’-have developed technologies with the potential to help transition the world to a greener economy," said Natalie Plank, MacDiarmid Institute Deputy Director Commercialisation ... More >>
New Report Reveals 84% Of New Zealand’s Fossil Fuel Machines Ready For Electrification
Wednesday, 7 May 2025, 8:02 am | Ara Ake
Rewiring Aotearoa’s Machine Count report showed that upgrading six million of the most ‘electrifiable’ fossil fuel machines - things like cars, heaters, lawnmowers, road bikes, ovens and stoves - would save the country approximately $8 million every ... More >>
Hydrogen Electric Flight Prepares For Lift Off In New Zealand
Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 11:19 am | Ara Ake
"Our hydrogen liquefier provides readily available liquid hydrogen onsite, allowing the capability to access the critical fuel source to prove and test the tanks and fuel system we are developing for Stralis and their fixed-wing fuel-cell electric ... More >>
Communities Leading The Way In Energy Resilience
Tuesday, 3 December 2024, 5:05 pm | Ara Ake
The pilot programme, a collaboration between Ara Ake, Orion, and the Community Energy Network (CEN), ran over 3 months in the Christchurch and Selwyn regions. It was designed to empower communities to actively participate in real-world energy initiatives. More >>
Energy Pilot Launches To Empower Local Communities
Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 10:18 am | Ara Ake
A collaboration between Ara Ake, Orion and the Community Energy Network is piloting a programme to support Christchurch and Selwyn communities develop a range of community energy projects. More >>
Continuing The Momentum: Energy Hardship Conference Returns
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 7:39 am | Ara Ake
Co-hosted by Ara Ake, WISE Charitable Trust and Community Energy Network, the conference will focus on the state of energy hardship in Aotearoa New Zealand while highlighting innovative community energy solutions. More >>
Innovative Pilot Shows Virtual Power Plants Can Play An Important Role In Managing Winter Peaks
Monday, 26 February 2024, 8:43 am | Ara Ake
A collaborative pilot unlocking the potential of residential solar batteries contributing to the national grid during winter peak demand has concluded, marking a technical success with valuable insights gained. In May 2023, Ara Ake teamed up with solar-and-battery-as-a-service ... More >>
Offshore Renewable Energy Forum Returns To Propel Aotearoa’s Low-emission Future
Thursday, 25 January 2024, 12:14 pm | Ara Ake
This March, Ara Ake and Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki will host the 2024 Offshore Renewable Energy Forum. It will be the fourth offshore energy event since its inception in 2020, and aims to bring together Iwi, key sector stakeholders and the broader ... More >>
Ara Ake Chosen To Administer New $20 Million Distributed Flexibility Innovation Fund
Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 12:22 pm | Ara Ake
Ara Ake, Aotearoa New Zealand's Future Energy Centre, will help run and administer the government’s new Distributed Flexibility Innovation Fund to support the electricity system to manage demand. “This $20 million fund from Budget 2023 will support innovative ... More >>
Future Energy Centre Secures Additional 10 Years Of Funding
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 11:43 am | Ara Ake
Ara Ake – Aotearoa New Zealand’s future energy centre – has received an additional $70 million in funding from the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to continue its mandate to accelerate the nation’s transition to a more sustainable, ... More >>
From The Netherlands To Taranaki: World’s Lightest Solar Panels To Power Aotearoa’s National Future Energy Centre
Monday, 29 May 2023, 10:49 am | Ara Ake
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 ever produced. Ara Ake, Aotearoa’s Future Energy Centre, will receive the first international ... More >>
National Energy Hardship Conference Coming To Taranaki
Monday, 8 May 2023, 10:30 pm | Ara Ake
Later this month, Ara Ake, Community Energy Network, Waitara Initiatives Supporting Employment (WISE) Charitable Trust and Taranaki Chamber of Commerce are bringing the Reducing Energy Hardship Conference to New Plymouth. Supported by Powerco, Todd ... More >>
Offshore Renewable Energy Forum Brings Key Global Players To Taranaki
Friday, 10 March 2023, 2:24 pm | Ara Ake
On 8 and 9 March, Ara Ake and Taranaki regional development agency, Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki, hosted the third Offshore Renewable Energy Forum in New Plymouth to explore the challenges and the significant opportunities for a successful offshore ... More >>
Offshore Renewable Energy Forum To Focus On Accelerating The Development Of Offshore Renewable In Aotearoa New Zealand
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 1:30 pm | Ara Ake
This March, Ara Ake and Te Puna Umanga/Venture Taranaki will host the 2023 Offshore Renewable Energy Forum. This event follows on from the successful 2020 Offshore Wind Forum and the 2021 Offshore Future Energy Forum. The 2023 Forum aims to build on ... More >>
Europe Partnership Brings Global Opportunities For Innovators
Friday, 2 December 2022, 9:57 am | Ara Ake
Ara Ake and the Auckland Business Chamber have signed a partnership to lead an Aotearoa New Zealand consortium in joining the Enterprise Europe Network (The Network) as the New Zealand International Network Partner. The Network is one of the world’s ... More >>
Finalists Announced - Strong Global Interest In New Zealand Decarbonisation Challenge
Monday, 7 November 2022, 9:29 am | Ara Ake
Aotearoa New Zealand’s future energy centre, Ara Ake, has welcomed the strong international interest in its Electricity Distribution Business (EDB) Decarbonisation Challenge, with five of the six finalists being from offshore. In September, Ara ... More >>
