Projects
We work alongside innovators and industry to develop practical and creative solutions for some of the energy sector's most complex and time-critical challenges. Discover the impactful projects Ara Ake is enabling - and the power of energy innovation.
Value Stacking: Application of BESS to many typical use cases
How can Battery Energy Storage Solutions (BESS) be made commercially viable in New Zealand? Read our latest report, developed in collaboration with EECA and Sapere.
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Community Energy Activator
The Community Energy Activator helps individuals and groups develop project plans and business models for lasting community energy success. Read the review of the first Activator programme.
CentrePort Battery Energy Storage Pilot
CentrePort is tackling the challenge of decarbonising its operations by electrifying heavy vehicles and piloting innovative energy solutions.
Transpower Flex Visibility Project
A project to explore ways to enhance the visibility, coordination and measurement of flexibility resources for market participants and SO control room coordinators.
Impact Report 2024
Showcasing the progress we’ve made with our partners in driving solutions aligned with our shared vision of a resilient, sustainable and equitable energy future.
Queenstown Flex Challenge
The Queenstown-Lakes District is undergoing rapid economic growth and electrification, increasing the demand for major investments in transmission and distribution infrastructure upgrades.
Rewiring Aotearoa Machine Count
Understanding the number of fossil fuel machines in homes, businesses, and farms across New Zealand which need to be electrified to meet our nation’s emissions targets.
Kāinga Ora Multiple Trading Trial
Ara Ake has been collaborating with New Zealand's public housing provider, Kāinga Ora, to launch the Multiple Trading Relationships trial for homes equipped with solar panels in the Wellington region.
Community Energy How-To-Guide
This guide is written by passionate advocates of community energy, to inspire you and help you in your community energy journey.
Raukawa Energy Innovation Project
This project highlights the outcomes of an initiative in South Waikato where temperature sensors were installed in homes to monitor exposure to cold, aiming to address energy hardship through data-driven strategies.
Flexviz
Flexviz uses an OpenADR-based platform to connect flexibility suppliers with electricity network operators, enabling real-time visibility of resources. With 40 MW onboarded, Flexviz helps optimise the use of flexible energy solutions across Aotearoa.
Decarbonising Aviation
Can flying become a sustainable way to travel across Aotearoa if we re-imagine how planes are powered? Ara Ake has conducted an in-depth technical analysis on three options to replace fossil-based jet fuel: green hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel and electrochemical batteries.
Ara Ake EDB Challenge
As Aotearoa New Zealand moves towards a low-emission energy future, the EDB Challenge aims to find innovative solutions to electrification challenges faced by electricity distribution businesses.
Multiple Trading Relationships
Ara Ake is leading a programme of trials and research considering how Multiple Trading Relationships might benefit New Zealand households, businesses and communities, and help to integrate distributed energy resources into the electricity system.
Carbon Dioxide Removal and Usage
Find out about carbon capture, utilisation and storage in Aotearoa New Zealand, through Ara Ake's independent report and forum.
Winter Peak Innovation Pilot
The Winter Peak Innovation Pilot sought to demonstrate that distributed energy resources in the form of residential solar batteries can be dispatched into the electricity market to address winter peak events where the forecast capacity residual is tight.
Offshore wind industry capability mapping study
Taranaki Offshore Partnership engaged Concept Consulting to undertake an Industry Capability Mapping Study
