Electrify your Business

Reduce your energy costs.
Boost your resilience.
Future-proof your business.
Cut your emissions.

Explore your Electrification Opportunities

Our mission is to help businesses across the Queenstown Lakes District unlock the benefits of electrification. Through independent advice, practical resources and hands-on support, we make electrification simpler and help businesses take action, while showing what’s possible when a whole region gets behind a cleaner, more resilient energy future.

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Explore current programmes and opportunities designed to help your business take the next step towards electrification.

Business Accelerator Program

Get tailored support to identify your best electrification opportunities and develop a practical roadmap for your business.

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Vehicle-to-Grid Trial

Join New Zealand’s largest vehicle-to-grid trial and explore how your EV could help power your home or business.

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Group Discount Programmes

Benefit from the power of numbers to access competitive pricing on selected electrification technologies.

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Solar for Renters

Join our trial helping renters and landlords access rooftop solar for rental homes and businesses.

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Experience an EV

Trial different EVs in your business fleet and see how they could work for your day-to-day operations.

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Business Battery Project

Access funding and support to explore and install commercial-scale battery storage for your business.

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Why Electrify?

Electrification gives businesses more control over their energy. Efficient electric technologies can significantly reduce running costs, while generating and storing your own energy can build resilience against outages, fossil fuel price shocks and rising energy costs. It also opens the door to new opportunities, from smarter energy management to technologies like bidirectional charging.

Every business is different, which is why we’ve broken down the opportunities across each technology to help you understand what could work for yours. Electrification can mean lower costs, greater resilience and fewer emissions. It’s a win for your business and a win for our energy future.

Electrification in Action

See more Local Stories

Businesses across Queenstown Lakes are already finding smarter ways to use, generate and store energy. Explore their electrification journeys, see what’s working locally and discover what could be possible for your business.

European Bakery

Bakery electrifying ovens with solar, battery and a Solar for Renters arrangement on a leased building.

Kinloch Lodge

Tourism retreat with heat pumps, solar, battery storage and electric guest transport.

Skyline Queenstown

Fully electrified commercial kitchen avoiding 44 tonnes CO₂ and saving $36k/year.

Businesses we have worked with

Why work with QEA?

We’re local, independent and focused on one thing: building a better energy future for the Queenstown Lakes District.

Local expertise
We understand our region, its businesses and its unique energy challenges. We work at the forefront of local electrification, developing practical solutions and innovative projects to overcome the barriers businesses face.

Independent, practical advice
As a non-profit, our focus is on finding the right solution for your business. We provide independent advice, analysis and support to help you make informed decisions and invest with confidence.

Your investment goes further
Any profits generated through our business services are reinvested into community energy initiatives, helping lower energy costs, cut emissions and build energy resilience across the district.