By Māpuna for RNZ
Imagine selling energy you don’t need to a neighbour, or buying some if you’re low.
A peer to peer sharing grid is what Aotea Energy is making into reality.
The company was recently awarded $50,000 to develop its sustainable energy technology as a part of the Climate Accelerator programme by Creative HQ.
Its founder Tama Toki, who also recently won the Māori Entrepreneurial Leader Award and Kaitiaki Business Leader Award at the Māori Business Awards, is focusing initial efforts on Great Barrier Island/Aotea, his boyhood home, where energy security can be precarious.