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  • Amazon chooses Australia to launch global data play for clean energy transition
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    Amazon chooses Australia to launch global data play for clean energy transition

    Amazon teams with NZ network company Vector to mine consumer data and use it to fast-track “profound” change in the energy sector – starting in Australia and New Zealand.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Jul 28, 2020
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  • Vector wins new Australian smart metering contract
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    Vector wins new Australian smart metering contract

    Vector has announced it has executed a contract to provide metering services to EnergyAustralia with an initial three-year deployment period that will commence before the end of 2017.
    Vector
    Oct 31, 2017
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  • Vector/LG Chem win 5MW battery storage tender for Alice Springs
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    Vector/LG Chem win 5MW battery storage tender for Alice Springs

    Vector wins tender with LG Chem battery storage, which allow significant increase in solar capacity in Alice Springs and a payback in 4 years.
    Giles Parkinson
    Jun 22, 2017
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  • NZ’s Vector makes major push into Australia battery storage market
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    NZ’s Vector makes major push into Australia battery storage market

    New Zealand utility Vector using Tesla Powerpack for major push into Australia battery storage market, targeting off-grid and business customer markets.
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    Oct 20, 2016
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  • The world is changing, but utilities and regulators are not

    The world is changing, but utilities and regulators are not

    Head of big New Zealand network operator Vector says utilities and regulatory efforts to protect incumbent business from change is an exercise in futility.
    Giles Parkinson
    Sep 10, 2015
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  • Vector offers free solar + Tesla storage systems to NZ consumers

    Vector offers free solar + Tesla storage systems to NZ consumers

    NZ network operator launches campaign to give free 3kW solar systems with Tesla Powerwall batteries to 130 households, community groups and schools.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Aug 4, 2015
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  • Future grid: Networks focus on solar storage for consumers
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    Future grid: Networks focus on solar storage for consumers

    The CEO of New Zealand network operator Vector intends to broaden the rollout of its solar storage leasing package, and expects up to a third of all consumers will generate and store their own electricity. He says too many networks are locked in an old paradigm, shovelling “dumb capital” into legacy assets and passing the cost on to consumers.
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