The Energy Transition Action Plan - Towards 2030 (download PDF) was released in December 2024.
This energy action plan looks to prioritise and focus key planning actions to support the delivery of an effective regional energy transition for Murihiku-Southland. It supports local, regional communities and the national interest to ensure a robust, reliable and effective energy network that supports and enables a prosperous future for the region and Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Energy Transition Action Plan was completed as a part of the Labour Government’s Just Transitions Programme through the Ministry of Business, Innovation and employment.
The action plan focuses on the following goals:
- 100% renewable energy generation within the takiwā, as a net exporter of energy (through the effective use of electrons).
- The targeted decarbonisation of two key sectors, heavy transport (land and marine) and process heat.
- Murihiku-Southland as one of New Zealand’s largest producers of green hydrogen.
- Rakiura well on a path to becoming net zero.
- Accelerating uptake through Regional Aviation and Heavy Transport – as the first region to achieve electric aviation and then being ready for hydrogen fuelled aircraft. Also setting up a viable carbon reducing refuelling network (hydrogen and electric) for heavy transport.
- Building an effective net zero workforce - the creation of new trades and professional jobs in science, technology, engineering, environmental management and planning, and adjacent sectors.
