Making gas better for all New Zealanders

Clarus has acquired businesses that have been driving innovation in New Zealand’s energy sector for nearly forty years. Investigating in innovative technology is part of Aotearoa’s journey to cutting emissions, and we firmly believe that the sustainability, reliability and affordability of gas will help get us there. That’s why we continue to invest in our operations and explore new, better ways of delivering gas to all New Zealanders, now and in the future.

Clarus

SHAPING NEW ZEALAND’S GAS FUTURE

The assets managed by Clarus have been at the forefront of innovation in New Zealand’s energy sector for nearly forty years. Through our leading businesses, Firstgas, Rockgas, Flexgas, and First Renewables, we have the future of gas in our sights – while ensuring Kiwis get the natural gas and LPG they need today, safely and reliably.

Our leading companies

Firstgas

Based in the energy-rich region of Taranaki, Firstgas connects natural gas to homes, businesses, and large industry. Across the North Island, we own more than 2,500 km of high-pressure gas transmission pipelines and 4,800 km of gas distribution networks. Through our transmission and distribution networks, we connect over 300,000 homes and businesses to gas.

Rockgas

Rockgas is New Zealand’s largest LPG retailer, serving over 142,000 customers with a national network of 35 LPG suppliers and over 180 refill stations across the country. Reliable and highly efficient[1], LPG offers big savings over electricity[2]. We make sure it’s available wherever, however and whenever our customers need it – whether that’s delivering gas bottles to homes and baches or providing LPG tanks to businesses.

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Flexgas

Flexgas owns and operates Taranaki’s recently expanded Ahuroa gas storage facility. By providing energy storage at scale, we help major gas users manage varying demands – which ultimately means our customers can better manage their energy supply and demand variability for years to come.

First Renewables.

First Renewables delivers renewable energy solutions, integrating renewable gas and electricity, to meet the needs of energy consumers across Aotearoa from local communities to energy-intensive industries.

Innovation

A history of Innovation

The assets owned by Firstgas were established in 1972 and Rockgas has been around since the 1930s.

Over that time we’ve worked hard to build and maintain a reliable gas pipeline and distribution network in New Zealand, including the Maui pipeline and the Ahuroa Gas Storage Facility – which we recently upgraded to provide increased gas storage and more flexibility for our customers.

The role of gas in a low carbon future.

We believe energy storage, like that provided by Ahuroa, will play a vital role in Aoteoroa’s low-carbon future. It supports the generation of renewable electricity (particularly in the winter months and over peak demand periods) and is becoming even more important with the addition of renewable wind and solar generation capacity.

Today, over 500,000 Kiwi homes and businesses use LPG or natural gas. Our vision? To continue to lead the delivery of New Zealand’s energy in a changing world, providing affordable, accessible energy to Kiwi families and businesses.

To do this, we’re exploring how we can deliver greener gas and support New Zealand’s goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The role of gas in a low carbon future.

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Case study

Innovation through partnerships

Firstgas recently partnered with Gourmet Mokai – the NZ grower and exporter of greenhouse tomatoes – to supply and install a new 6MW LPG-fired hot water boiler in their greenhouses.

Gourmet Mokai

Firstgas recently partnered with Gourmet Mokai – the NZ grower and exporter of greenhouse tomatoes – to supply and install a new 6MW LPG fired hot water boiler in their greenhouses.

Because it is clean burning, LPG flue gas can be safely introduced into Gourmet Mokai’s greenhouses, where the small amount of CO2 produced increases plant growth and productivity. Meanwhile, the heat from the boiler provides efficient heating certainty in the months when their geo-thermal steam heating is down for maintenance.

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Our transition

Driving New Zealand’s target of net zero carbon emissions

A member of the Climate Leaders Coalition of New Zealand, Clarus is committed to helping Aoteoroa achieve its target of net zero emissions by 2050.

Firstgas wants to make gas greener for Kiwis by carrying hydrogen and biomethane through our gas pipelines. Our goal is to achieve 100% net zero carbon gas by 2050, with the first step being a transition to delivering 20% hydrogen by 2035.

Our path to zero carbon gas

Media and news

What's been in the news?

Latest Articles

11th Apr 2023

Firstgas Group is building a state-of-the-art plant to upgrade Ecogas’ biogas into renewable gas to inject i...

28th Mar 2023

In October 2021, our Firstgas Group team attended Ecogas’ official opening of their new Organics Processing ...

12th May 2022

Research by the University of Canterbury, commissioned by Firstgas Group, investigates the potential of existi...

02nd May 2022

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Firstgas Group (Firstgas) have embarked on a new collaboration to invest...

28th Apr 2022

Firstgas Group welcomes James Irvine, General Manager Future Fuels, who will lead a newly established and dedi...

15th Mar 2022

The food scrap waste from cooking your dinner, will in the future be used to cook your dinner and this short v...

15th Dec 2021

New Zealand's first ‘green hydrogen’ plant was officially opened in early December by Minister of Energy a...

08th Dec 2021

Firstgas Group and Ecogas are celebrating New Zealand’s first large-scale biogas to pipeline project that wi...

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19th Oct 2021

Signatories to the Climate Leaders Coalition have committed to invest $9.5 billion over the next five years to...

14th Oct 2021

GasNZ* welcomes the government’s Te hau mārohi ki anamata** discussion paper’s focus on hydrogen and biof...

Gas in Aotearoa

Transitioning to a low carbon future

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Making gas better for all New Zealanders

SHAPING NEW ZEALAND’S GAS FUTURE

Connecting natural gas to homes, businesses and industry.

Aoteoroa’s largest retailer of LPG.

Helping kiwis better manage their energy supply and demand.

Delivering renewable energy solutions.

Firstgas

Rockgas

Flexgas

First Renewables.

A history of Innovation

The role of gas in a low carbon future.

Innovation through partnerships

Gourmet Mokai

Driving New Zealand’s target of net zero carbon emissions

What's been in the news?

Firstgas Group and Ecogas to turn biogas into renewable gas ...

Ecogas Organics Processing Facility

Research reveals hydrogen storage potential in Taranaki to s...

Fortescue Future Industries and Firstgas to investigate green hydrogen

New GM to lead Firstgas Groups Future Fuels Team

Turning kerbside waste into renewable gas

NZ’s first green hydrogen plant begins production

Firstgas and Ecogas to turn kerbside waste into renewable ga...

Climate Leaders Coalition reveals $9.5 billion business investment

GASNZ – Gas Infrastructure vital to Renewable Gas Future

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