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We have listened to the views of New Zealanders, analysed information and looked at successful approaches to climate change legislation around the world.

John Carnegie, the Executive Director of BusinessNZ Energy Council delivered a keynote on ”A First Look – BEC2060 New Zealand Energy Scenarios” at Downstream on Wednesday 6 March 2019.

Tina Schirr, the BusinessNZ Energy Council’s energy and innovation policy advisor delivered a guest lecture on “New Zealand’s energy efficiency and sustainability in the built environment” to final-year students at AUT University on Friday (01-04-2018 @ 12pm-1pm) at WG907.

Zero Carbon Economy - A Panel Discussion
John Carnegie, Executive Director BusinessNZ Energy Council

Come and hear Andrew Clennett, the Founder and CEO of Hiringa Energy, New Zealand's new kind of energy company developing hydrogen supply infrastructure, speaking about the journey to zero emissions.

In an increasingly data driven world, one where technology innovation has little respect for traditional industry boundaries, the energy sector needs to rethink its traditional business model. We have heard Lawrence (Larry) M. Howell sharing his experience and insights on the evolution of technology and its drivers. Larry also discussed his perspectives on what technology will flourish or fail and why, and on the role of government in the encouragement of new innovative technology.

Newly appointed Minister of Energy and Resources, Dr. Megan Woods speech at the Business New Zealand Energy Council final meeting for 2017

We were delighted to host Christoph Menzel, Manager of the World Energy Council (WEC) Scenarios 2060, at our exclusive BEC member-only roundtable. Given the importance of the WEC scenarios and the fact that we will look to leverage off them in our next BEC2060 scenario work, Christoph’s presentation was a unique opportunity to better understand the WEC2060 scenarios released in October 2016 at the World Energy Congress in Istanbul.