Innovation in Energy Award

This award recognises a breakthrough innovation that is creating significant value for customers, communities, organisations, or the wider energy sector.
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Fujitsu New Zealand

SUPA Energy

Distributed power, private capital, community wins

finalist
Innovation in Energy Award
New Zealand Energy Excellence Awards 2026

SUPA Energy is part of upgrading how New Zealand's energy system is built. We install commercial-scale solar and battery hubs on community hub sites, hosted at zero upfront cost, owned by the host, sold to local community customers, and operated as a coordinated fleet by our proprietary AI dispatch stack. The model integrates retailer, asset operator, software company and community partner into a single business. With 4 MW of solar and 3 MW of batteries across 22+ sites and growing, funded by $4m in private capital, recognised by the Electricity Authority's Power Innovation Pathway, SUPA is proving distributed clean energy can scale on commercial terms today.