SEANZ

04/09/2025

It's been a week since SEANZ 2025 and we are still buzzing!

What an incredible turnout from over 500 people each day, wonderful exhibitions, speakers, panels, and some serious networking! We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!

A massive shout out to our incredibly supportive partners.

Platinum Partner Taspac Energy Ltd and Platinum Partner J. A. Russell Ltd

Gold Partner Energy and Gold Partner Meteocontrol

Plus Exhibition, Award and Networking partners:

Entelar Energy | REC Solar Australia & New Zealand | Fronius Solar & Energy | Ara Ake | YHI Energy | Revolve Energy | SMA Solar | SLR Consulting | Independent Power NZ Ltd | Blackcurrent | ANZ Aotearoa | Identimark | E-tec | Verdantwave Solar | Solar Matrix | Chelion Australia | Smiths | Hummingbird | ESG | Trinasolar | Solar Bollard Lighting | Ecotricity NZ | Raystech | Canadian Solar Inc.

28/08/2025

We’re halfway through Industry Day at SEANZ Conference 2025 and the energy is electric!

Our exhibitor partners stands are flat out with people checking out the latest tech and solar solutions – and there’s still a full afternoon of sessions and connections ahead.

17/08/2025

There are now less than two weeks till conference! Ticketing closes at the end of this week, unless sold out prior, which is very likely based on current registration numbers.

Please don't miss out, check out our programme and register today - you don't need to be a SEANZ member to join us, come and find out what we are all about.

See you soon!

https://www.seanz.org.nz/2025-register

17/08/2025

This year our panel discussions cover issues that matter most for everyone in the industry, including:

• The importance of planning for your business
• What does New Zealand need to drive more USS projects? and
• Profitability in 2025

Join our panellists, bring your questions and join the discussions.

📅 28–29 August 2025

📍 Pullman Hotel, Auckland

Read the full programme here: https://www.seanz.org.nz/programme

𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀.

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 Energy and 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 J. A. Russell Ltd

𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 Rise Energy and 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿 meteocontrol

𝗣𝗹𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀:

Entelar Group | REC | Fronius Solar & Energy | Ara Ake | YHI Power Pty Ltd | Revolve Energy | SMA Solar | SLR Consulting | Independent Power NZ | Blackcurrent | ANZ | Identimark | -tec | Verdantwave Ltd | Solar Matrix | Chelion Australia | Smiths | Hummingbird Group Ltd | ESG | Trinasolar | Solar Bollard Lighting | Ecotricity NZ | Raystech Group Australia | Canadian Solar Inc.

13/08/2025

Phil Smith COO of The Profitable Tradie Program is returning to speak at SEANZ 2025—for the second year in a row.

Phil wowed us at last year’s Industry Day with practical tips to help trade business owners boost profit, save time, and gain more freedom. This year, he’s back—joining the 2025 Industry Day speaker lineup alongside leaders shaping Aotearoa’s solar, storage, and smart energy future.

Tickets are selling fast - register now before they sell out.

https://www.seanz.org.nz/2025-register

04/08/2025

🔧⚡ 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆 – 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟴 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁
SEANZ Conference 2025 | Pullman, Auckland

Join us for a full day of insights, innovation, exhibits and

💡 Hear from leading experts in our Industry sessions
⚙️ See real-world tech in action
🤝 Connect with the people powering change

🎟️ Register now:

𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀.
Platinum Partner Taspac Energy Ltd and Platinum Partner J. A. Russell Ltd
Gold Partner 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 and Gold Partner 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼l

Plus Exhibition, Award and Networking partners:
Entelar Energy | REC Solar Australia & New Zealand | Fronius Solar & Energy | Ara Ake | YHI Energy | Revolve Energy | SMA Solar | SLR Consulting | Independent Power NZ Ltd | Black Current | ANZ | Identimark | E-tec | Verdantwave Solar | Solar Matrix | Chelion Australia | Smiths | Hummingbird | ESG | Trinasolar | Solar Bollard Lighting | Ecotricity NZ | Raystech | Canadian Solar Inc.

03/08/2025

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 - 𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁

Join Anna Kominik Chair, The Electricity Authority/Te Mana Hiko for a fireside chat with SEANZ Chair Brendan Winitana.

Anna Kominik brings over 25 years of leadership across commercial, community, and government sectors. Since July 2023, she has served as Chair of New Zealand’s Electricity Authority, steering innovation in energy systems, consumer-centric regulation, and low‑carbon transition strategies.

We are thrilled to have her heading the exciting lineup of speakers taking part in SEANZ 2025!

28/07/2025

We are excited to announce J. A. Russell Ltd have come on board as a Platinum Partner of SEANZ Conference 2025!

"𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘡𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘕𝘡 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘑𝘈 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳."

Jeffrey Albert, National Renewable Energy Manager, J.A. Russell Ltd.

J.A. Russell Ltd have some exciting things in store for us, visit them downstairs on August 28th and 29th - register here https://www.seanz.org.nz/2025-register

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28/07/2025

Taspac Energy Ltd are back in 2025 for their 7th year as Platinum Partner of SEANZ Conference!

Dwayne Cocker, Managing Director, Taspac Energy shares:

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘕𝘡 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 — 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘡𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳."

We owe a huge thanks to Dwayne and the Taspac Energy team for their support, we couldn't do it without them.

Come and see their exhibition and hear their tech talks on August 28th and 29th - register here https://www.seanz.org.nz/2025-register

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22/07/2025

𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲...

Solar is no longer on the fringe – it’s leading the way.

Join us at SEANZ 2025 to connect, learn, and shape what’s next for Aotearoa’s energy future.

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟴 - 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟵 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

🎟️ Book your place now → https://www.seanz.org.nz/2025-register

𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱’𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁

• Professional development and training opportunities through technology workshops, standards sessions, and tech launches

• Insights and inspiration for all industry segments with streams covering residential/commercial solar and utility-scale development.

• The largest industry exhibition in New Zealand for solar, storage, and smart energy – featuring local and global suppliers across residential, commercial, industrial, and utility sectors

• Spark new ideas and relationships: Networking sessions for members and non-members across both days

• The SEANZ Industry Gala Dinner, followed by the SEANZ Aotearoa Industry Awards – an evening of celebration and light

📖 Check out the full programme → https://www.seanz.org.nz/programme

𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀.

Platinum Partner 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 and Platinum Partner 𝗝. 𝗔. 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝘁𝗱

Gold Partner 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 and Gold Partner 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹

Plus Exhibition, Award and Networking partners:
Entelar Energy | REC | Fronius Solar & Energy | Ara Ake | YHI Power Pty Ltd | Revolve Energy | SMA Solar | SLR Consulting | Independent Power | Blackcurrent | ANZ | Identimark | ETec | Verdantwave Ltd | Solar Matrix | Chelion Australia | Smiths | Hummingbird | ESG | Trinasolar | Solar Bollard Lighting | Ecotricity NZ | Raystech Group Australia | Canadian Solar Inc.

17/07/2025

𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻! 🏆

After months of consultations, meetings, lobbying from SEANZ, RA and others, the Electricity Authority (EA) made the announcement yesterday, that enables solar and battery storage users to be paid and receive rebates for exports to the grid, based on the value stack to the grid:

• All 29 Electricity networks are obligated to pay consumers for BESS exports at peak

• The EA’s decision paper spells out the detail in this link ⬇️
https://www.seanz.org.nz/huge_news_for_the_solar_bess_industry

• In summary it’s a great foundational start and win for consumers

• It enables consumers as it contributes more to the economics to implement solar and battery systems to support consumers energy independence journey

• When combined with export payments from retailers it provides stronger incentives to implement solar and batteries based on the value of energy to the grid

SEANZ, as a peak organisation leads the vision of achieving energy independence and pioneering a fresh approach by creating and maintaining essential technology, stakeholders, legislation, policy, events and standards frameworks.