Sustainability – EVs, solar and alternative energy

The way communities are using technology is fast evolving, with an increase in electric vehicles and more and more people generating their own electricity. Like other electricity network companies, Aurora Energy needs to ensure our network and operating systems can adapt to enable the uptake of new technologies and integrate their operation to provide support to our network, and the wider power system.

Demand for electricity is increasing. Aotearoa New Zealand mainly uses renewable energy, however when everyone uses a lot of electricity at the same time, power generators sometimes need to use more fossil fuels like coal and gas to make more electricity.

Using electricity evenly throughout the day and reducing the peak demand helps the environment because there is less need to generate additional power. One way to flatten the peaks is by charging more to use electricity during peak times and less when off-peak (link to the pricing page), and other ways involve new technologies.

With so many technological changes, there are some exciting opportunities for how we can all contribute to lowering carbon emissions.