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BEC’s Breakfast with the Minister of Energy and Resources, Hon Dr Megan Woods
The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) was delighted to host its annual breakfast with the Minister for Energy and Resources, Minister of Research, Science and Innovation, Hon Dr Megan Woods.

Asia Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit 2018
Asia Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit 2018 highlights video.

BEC NEWSLETTER – December 2018
Merry Christmas from the BEC team, David, John and Tina. Have a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year. Thanks for reading our newsletter, we hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as we’ve enjoyed writing it. Find our last energy sector update for the year below. We’ll be back with our next update in February 2019.

COP24 Katowice: The accountability (anti) climactic CoP
The Katowice Rulebook has been agreed! A successful outcome! The interests of the climate have prevailed over national self-interest! The UN has already claimed a new era of global climate action has begun. Governments, the UN claims, have adopted a robust set of guidelines for implementing the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement, the implementation of which will benefit people from all walks of life, especially the most vulnerable.

YEPN Newsletter – December 2018
The Young Energy Professionals Network is wishing you holidays filled with fun and laughter. We can’t wait to see you next year. We will be back with more updates in February 2019.

BEC NEWSLETTER – November 2018
It’s been fantastic running our second Asia-Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit. With more than 250 delegates and 34 keynote speakers from all over the globe this was undoubted an outstanding event. We’ve received great feedback and want to thank all our speakers and investors for making the Summit a great success. Please find here some pictures capturing some of the highlights. Videos and presentations will be available soon. In the meantime, we would like to share the Summit’s CEO roundtable communique and other news around the Summit.

First meeting of Transpower’s consumer advisory panel
Transpower’s newly convened consumer advisory panel is a unique tool that will help the national grid operator shape the energy future, according to a panel member.

Asia-Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit: CEO Roundtable Communique
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.

World energy leaders arrive in Wellington, NZ
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.

BEC NEWSLETTER – October 2018
Our Asia-Pacific Energy Leader’s Summit is the must attend event before the 2018 conference calendar draws to a close. The programme features Ministers, international speakers from Amazon, ARUP, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Daikin, Uber and other innovators from Silicon Valley and the Asia-Pacific. You definitely want to hear from this line-up. Our keynote speakers are keen to share ideas and best practice with you. Register now.

YEPN Newsletter – October 2018
This month we are taking NZ to the world, and bringing the world to NZ. We wish all the best to our Future Energy Leaders who are in Milan representing New Zealand on the world stage this week. And next week we are delighted to welcome four young professionals from around the world to Wellington.

New Zealand’s energy performance
New Zealand has gained one place moving to 8th in the latest global ranking of national energy performance by the World Energy Trilemma Index.