Aukaha
Address: 266 Hanover Street, Dunedin CentralContact phone: 03 477 0071Contact email: scott@aukaha.co.nzWebsite: https://aukaha.co.nz/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aukaha.co.nz Aukaha is a Mana Whenua-owned consultancy that delivers services across the takiwā of our Papatipu Rūnaka shareholders. This work protects the mauri of the environment and supports them to exercise their role as kaitiaki. We do this by providing professional planning […]
How a Humanitarian Hedge Could Help Lift Our Communities Out of Energy Hardship
This opinion editorial has been written by Bill Heaps. Bill is the Founding Director of Energy for Good Limited and Independent Director of the Community Energy Network (CEN). Since 1990, Bill has held senior executive positions in New Zealand’s electricity industry. He undertook influential leadership roles in the development and operation of electricity markets, including […]
Why Warmer Kiwi Homes is So Important
There are two driving forces for Community Energy Network (CEN). We need to eliminate energy hardship. And we need to support our communities to become as resilient as possible to the changing climate, while lowering their carbon emissions. To achieve both outcomes, we need to provide initiatives that involve and engage the public, providing opportunities […]
Why An Energy Evolution Is Needed
Our Energy sector needs to step up and make changes that allows for a more inclusive and community focused approach
People Power – Kiwi Style?
How can we leverage community energy to provide a fair transition to a low carbon world. Plenty of lessons from overseas!
Otaki Solar Farm, a renewable energy project by Energise.
Energise Otaki Solar Farm is a renewable energy project by Energise Otaki, a charity developing and implementing energy awareness, efficiency, and microgeneration projects since 2011. It embarked on the Otaki solar farm proposal in 2015, working with experienced industry specialists who volunteered their time for feasibility modeling and technical design. In July 2019, it received […]
Blueskin Wind Farm
Blueskin Energy Ltd (BEL) is a charitable company wholly owned by the Blueskin Resilient Communities Trust. BEL is involved in a range of energy initiatives (energy hardship alleviation and low carbon housing) in Otago and worked to develop New Zealand’s first community led wind farm. The community wind power project was motivated by a community desire […]
Blueskin Energy Network
The Blueskin Energy Network is a peer to peer community electricity retail service started by Blueskin Energy Ltd in 2017. It is a community-commercial collaboration with YES Power, and BEL aims for it to become fully community owned and operated over time. YES Power provides the back room retail service and trading algorithm. BEN electricity retail is available […]
Why is collecting data important to growing healthy community energy sectors through ownership of renewable generation assets
A healthy, growing community energy sector supports communities to take ownership of assets that provide renewable generation, operation, and demand management services. This allows each community to: Eliminate energy hardship by providing high engagement in energy generation and use. This engagement provides opportunities to develop retrofit projects that are focussed on making homes efficient and […]
New Zealand Aotearoa Community Energy Dataset
What is the New Zealand Aotearoa Community Energy Dataset (NZACED) This is a dataset of local or community owned renewable energy initiatives in New Zealand. It ranges from consumer trust owned networks, to community and Iwi owned renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and municipal projects. To provide some context for the current state of […]