
Partnerships and collaborators
Collaborations with our partners within and outside the University provide the Energy Centre with valuable resources and information to enable innovative research and educational activities intended to advance knowledge and promote New Zealand’s energy sector.
The Energy Centre is a transdisciplinary Faculty Research Centre working as a valuable and intellectually powerful contributor to the energy debate in New Zealand, continually expanding partnerships and collaborations.
University of Auckland – Partnerships

- Business School
- Faculty of Engineering and Design
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Arts and Education
- Geothermal Institute
New Zealand Energy Sector – Relationships

- Auckland Council
- Auckland Transport
- BusinessNZ Council
- Electricity Authority
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)
- GNS Science
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Education
- New Zealand Steel
- New Zealand Transport Association
- New Zealand Wind Energy Association
- NZ Institute of Economic Research Inc.
- Productivity Commission
- Scion Research
- Solarcity
- Sustainable Business Network
- Transpower
- Trustpower
- Vector
Europe organisations

- Aalto University, Finland
- Cambridge University, UK
- Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
- Energy Policy Research Group, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont, Toulouse Sciences Economiques, France
- Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy
- Imperial College, London, UK
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Technische Universitat, Dresden, Germany
- The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland
- University College London, UK
- Vienna University, Austria
Americas organisations

- Centro de Engergia, Universidad of Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Cornell Institute of Business & Technology, USA
- Federal Universityof of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Basil
- John Hopkins University, Maryland, USA
- University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
- Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA
- Purdue University, Indiana, USA
- Queens University, Kingston, Canada
- Stanford University, California, USA
- University of Colorado, USA
- University of Massachusetts, USA
- University of Southern California, USA
- University of Texas, USA
- University of Wisconsin, USA
- Utah State University, USA
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
- York University, Toronto, Canada
Asia and Pacific organisations

- Beihang University, Beijing, China
- Beijing Institute of Technology, China
- China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Canberra, Australia
- Energy Research Institute Network (ERIN), Jakarta, Indonesia
- Hunan University, Changsha, China
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
- Korea Energy Economics Institute, Seongan-dong, Korea
- Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Liverpool Xi’an Jiatong University, Suzhou, China
- Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Shanghai University, Shanghai, China
- The Institute of Energy Economics (IEEJ), Tokyo, Japan
- The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Tianjin University, Tianjan, China
- University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
- University of Wollongong, Woollongong, Australia
- Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Middle East organisations

Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Funding
The Energy Centre is funded through generous donations from the Energy Education Trust of New Zealand.