Te pokapū pūngao o Aotearoa mō te āpōpō

New Zealand’s energy innovation centre

Turning innovative energy ideas into reality

Ara Ake exists to advance New Zealand’s energy sector toward a sustainable future. We support innovators with resources, connections and funding to help bring their technologies to market.

Innovators

We collaborate and partner with a range of local and global innovators. Meet the organisations who are influencing the future of energy in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Projects

Explore our projects, where we work alongside innovators and industry to develop practical and creative solutions to some of the energy sector's most complex and time-critical challenges.

Services

Depending on your individual needs, we can connect innovators with relevant local and global stakeholders, support field demonstrations, and manage multi-stakeholder projects.

Featured project

Impact Report 2025

Explore how New Zealand’s energy innovators are driving change and shaping a cleaner, smarter future in the 2025 Impact Report.

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Latest News

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Ara Ake on The Business of Tech podcast

February 12, 2026

In the latest episode of The Business of Tech, journalist Peter Griffin sits down with Board member Melissa Clark-Reynolds and Daniel Gnoth from Ara Ake, to explore how we can lean on innovation to navigate opportunities and challenges facing the energy ecosystem.

Summary report from 2025 conference published

January 26, 2026

The summary report from the 2025 Energy Resilience and Affordability Conference is available to be read.

Ara Ake funding targets gap in New Zealand’s waste-to-energy potential

January 22, 2026

A bid to increase biogas production in New Zealand is underway, with Ara Ake funding Rotorua-based company Cetogenix to accelerate the scale-up and deployment of its biogas production technology.

Community groups present their energy projects as part of the Activator programme

December 10, 2025

The Taranaki Community Energy Activator has wrapped up it's 13-week programme.