Low Carbon Future Award

This award recognises emissions reduction initiatives carried out by the New Zealand energy sector. We want to hear about initiatives large and small that contribute to reducing or avoiding emissions of carbon dioxide and/or other greenhouse gases.​
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Alliance Group and Active Refrigeration

Alliance High Temperature Heat Pump Projects

winner
Low Carbon Future Award
New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards 2026

The Active Refrigeration and Alliance High Temperature Heat Pump programme demonstrates how large industrial energy users can decarbonise process heat at scale while improving competitiveness and energy resilience. Delivered across three Alliance processing plants, the programme integrates highly efficient refrigeration and water-sourced heat pump systems to recover waste heat and displace process heat from coal-fired boilers. Providing more than 11 MW of thermal capacity and avoiding an estimated 24,680 tCO₂e per year of emissions, the projects have reduced exposure to imported fuels, strengthened regional economies, and built national engineering capability through local delivery and workforce development.