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NZ and international Chief Executives gathered at the biennial Asia Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit last week to discuss the key strategic energy issues they face as the sector grapples with change and the emerging opportunities.

More than 200 energy sector leaders from around the world and New Zealand have started arriving in Wellington ahead of tomorrow’s Asia Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit.

Government Ministers and energy sector leaders from around the Asia Pacific will meet at a Summit in Wellington later this month.
The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) and World Energy Council (WEC) will host their second Asia Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit from October 31 to November 1 at the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa.

Energy leaders from around the world have Wellington in their sights with the announcement that New Zealand’s capital city will host the Asia Pacific energy sector’s premier event.The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) - a division of the country’s...

Energy leaders from around the world have Wellington in their sights with the announcement that New Zealand’s capital city will host the Asia Pacific energy sector’s premier event.The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) - a division of the country’s...

The key disruptive trends facing the energy industry – digitalisation, decentralisation and decarbonisation – lead the agenda at this year’s Asia Pacific Energy Leaders summit.
The event will bring together representatives from governments from across the region as well as executives from leading energy and technology organisations including the Edison Electric Institute and Amazon.

The Cook Islands prime minister has urged the international community not to be deterred by a minority of countries reluctant to decarbonise.

Henry Puna gave a speech Thursday at the Asia Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit in Wellington.

On the mitigation front I have been heartened by attending the Business NZ Energy Council’s Asia Pacific Energy Leaders Summit. Given the current scale of technological change, the transition to renewable energy seems doable without having to return to living in caves.

Rapidly evolving technologies may deliver household energy options in coming decades that can barely be imagined, a conference of industry executives heard yesterday.

While Government MPs yesterday were defending the offshore petroleum exploration ban during a debate in Parliament, one of the world’s top energy experts was at a conference in the capital warning of the need to maintain balance in energy policies.

In this week’s Q+A Business Podcast Corin Dann talks to Christoph Frei, Secretary General and CEO of the World Energy Council.

Countries should prioritise domestic emissions reductions over international credits, according to New Zealand’s Climate Change Minister James Shaw.