Regional Energy Summit

Priority One’s Regional Energy Summit will bring together business leaders, industry experts and key stakeholders to further the conversation about our region’s energy future.

Who is the Regional Energy Summit for?
In short, everyone. Securing clean, affordable, reliable energy is something that we all need to work towards. We realise everyone is at different stages right now, so this summit will explain the important mahi currently happening in our region, and what can happen if we work together. It will spark ideas, forge collaborations and ultimately advance innovative solutions for our region’s energy transition. We’d love you and your colleagues to join the conversation.

Who is presenting at the summit?

We’ve identified key opportunities to shape a more resilient and sustainable energy landscape – our speaker and topics:

• GEOTHERMAL: Yale Carden, Founder & MD, GeoExchange NZ & GeoExchange Australia
• Kennie Tsui, CE, NZ Geothermal Association (NZGA)

• GREEN HYDROGEN: Amelia Rentzios, Head of Operations & Nicoletta Moss, Hydrogen Ecosystems Lead, Hiringa

• ELECTRICITY/SOLAR PANELS: Locky Mulholland, CE, Acquasol

• BIOGAS: Rob Lei, COO & co-founder, Cetogenix

• BIOMASS: Dean Ormrod, Business Development Manager, Foresta

• ELECTRICITY & RENEWABLE ENERGY Tania Lund, Programme Director – Future Grid, Transpower

The summit will highlight the momentum, activity and future opportunities within these key areas.

Come along to learn, to contribute, and to support our region’s transition to a secure energy future.

We will also be announcing our business-led Energy Leadership Group (chaired by Mike Pond, Principal – Industrial at Beca), which will lead a programme of work with the goal of developing a regional energy strategy.

You can view Our Energy Future website landing page here.