Accelerating renewable power deployment across Oceania
Learn how leading developers, networks, investors and regulators are solving today's biggest challenges in renewable deployment, grid integration and storage economics.
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- 2025 delegate
Why attend?
Attend to:
- understand where renewable investment is heading
- learn from active solar, wind and BESS projects
- meet developers, investors, networks and regulators
- identify emerging opportunities across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
- benchmark your strategy against industry leaders
Who this summit is for
This summit is for senior leaders and practitioners from:
- renewable generation developers and operators
- network owners and system operators
- investors, lenders, and infrastructure funds
- regulators and market bodies
- EPCs, OEMs, and technology providers
Summit structure
The summit is designed as a delivery‑focused working forum, combining plenary sessions, panels, facilitated discussions, round tables, and excellent networking.
The programme brings policy, capital, engineering and operations into the same room, encouraging candid discussion on what is actually working – and what isn’t – as renewables scale across Oceania.
Day two runs parallel streams for Australia & New Zealand and for Pacific Island markets, enabling deeper, context‑specific conversations within a genuinely regional forum.
What the summit will deliver
- how to build at pace: construction, supply chain capacity and lessons from scaling up
- how markets behave at high renewables penetration: pricing, integration, congestion and system constraints
- what makes projects bankable now: storage economics, revenue stacking and investment discipline
- which policy and regulatory settings accelerate delivery – and which still slow it down
Speaker spotlight
Learn from the leaders shaping renewable investment, regulation and system operations.
Chris Abbott
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Contact Energy
Tania Palmer
GM Generation
Meridian Energy
Steve Reid
GM Regulatory Policy
Origin Energy
Hon Simeon Brown
Minister for Energy, New Zealand
Kate Binns
Head of New Zealand
Mint Renewables
Roger Sutton
Principal Strategic Advisory
DETA
Advisors
Meet the expert advisors helping shape the 2026 summit programme.
Matt Freeman
Managing Director
Freeman
Solomone Fifita
Manager
PCREEE
James Hay
Independent Consultant
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Lana Stockman
Independent Consultant
Gary Holden
Managing Director
Lodestone Energy
Dominic Adams
Chief Operations Officer
Energy Networks Australia
Dennis Freedman
Managing Director ANZ
Aquila Clean Energy
Blair Walter
Principal, Power Generation
Aurecon
Michael O'Brien
Head of Network Planning and Operational Technology
Powerco
Diamond
Platinum
Sponsors
Foundation Partner
Media Partners
Supporting Organisations
That’s a wrap on the Oceania Renewable Power Summit 2026!
16 Oct 2026Over two days, more than 262 delegates from 15 countries came together in Auckland to exchange ideas, strengthen regional connections, and explore how we can accelerate renewable energy development across New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific. From grid investment, market design, and energy storage to Pacific partnerships, project delivery, workforce capability, and climate resilience, the discussions reflected both the scale of the challenge and the opportunity ahead.
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Oceania Ministerial panel
24 Aug 2026We welcome Hon Simeon Brown, Minister for Energy (New Zealand) and Hon Mulipola Ananrosa Ale Molio'o, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance (Samoa) to the Oceania Renewable Power Summit 2026. They will explore how New Zealand and Pacific Island nations can accelerate renewable energy deployment, strengthen climate resilience, and unlock investment while keeping energy affordable. Secure your place.
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