What Elemental Group does

Elemental Group is an employee-owned energy consultancy and renewable energy development advisory headquartered in New Plymouth, New Zealand, with additional offices in Perth (Western Australia) and Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea). Founded in 2014 and now in its second decade of operations, the firm delivers a unified practice spanning four consulting service lines — Power & Renewables, Wells & Decommissioning, Environment & Sustainability, and Energy Efficiency & Decarbonisation — combined with a development advisory arm that co-develops renewable projects with iwi, communities and capital partners.

The firm's core technology is a multi-disciplinary consulting platform combining engineering, environmental science, project management and finance expertise to deliver feasibility studies, environmental and social impact assessments, well plugging and abandonment engineering, Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) assessments, carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) studies, and owner's-engineer services. Notable proprietary frameworks include the ETA methodology for industrial and healthcare decarbonisation roadmaps and the Kākāriki Renewables '600% Renewables' vision for large-scale wind, solar and storage development in New Zealand.

Elemental's revenue model is built on two streams: (1) project-based professional services fees for consultancy engagements with governments (NZ MFAT, EECA, Pacific Island ministries), multilateral institutions (World Bank, ADB, MASDAR, GGGI), oil & gas operators (OMV, Helix, Jadestone) and industrial clients (Dominion Salt, district health boards); and (2) a development advisory arm with co-development equity participation through Kākāriki Renewables. Pricing is bespoke per engagement and not publicly disclosed; revenue is lumpy and tied to multi-month and multi-year project cycles across New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.

Name

Elemental Group

Legal name

Elemental Group

Website

https://elementalgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elemental Group is an employee-owned New Zealand energy consultancy and renewable energy development advisory delivering feasibility, environmental, well-decommissioning and decarbonisation services to governments, multilateral institutions, oil & gas operators and industrial clients across NZ, Australia, the Pacific and beyond.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Scope 1–3 GHG Inventory Strategy, Data Governance & Controls (advisory) (EUABAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Carbon Claims, Labeling & Communications Advisory (VCMI/ICVCM Guidance, Claim Substantiation) (EUABADAI)

Keywords

• Renewable energy consulting
• Energy transition advisory
• Well decommissioning services
• Environmental impact assessment
• Offshore wind development

Headquarters

HQ city

New Plymouth

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Energy consultancy services: Fee-for-service consulting engagements delivered across science, engineering, environment, project management and finance for the energy sector. Projects are typically scoped per engagement (e.g., feasibility studies, environmental & social impact assessments, ETA assessments, well services) for clients such as World Bank, ADB, NZ MFAT, MASDAR, Ara Ake, EECA, OMV, Helix, Dominion Salt, and others. Revenue is project-based, lumpy, and tied to multi-month/multi-year engagements with governments, multilaterals, utilities and operators.
2. Renewable energy development advisory: Elemental's Development Advisory arm (and its portfolio company Kākāriki Renewables, co-founded with Energy Estate) develops large-scale wind, solar and storage projects. Revenue model combines development fees, equity participation, and future project-level returns, with projects structured as co-development JVs involving iwi, community, and capital partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Core offering

Elemental Group provides fee-for-service energy consultancy and development advisory to governments, multilaterals, utilities, oil & gas operators, and industrial clients across New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia. Its consultancy practice is structured around four service lines (Power & Renewables, Wells & Decommissioning, Environment & Sustainability, and Energy Efficiency & Decarbonisation), while its Renewable Energy Development Advisory practice drives asset development including NZ offshore wind projects and the Kākāriki Renewables co-development vehicle.

Product overview

Elemental Group is an employee-owned, international energy company that delivers its offering as a unified consultancy-plus-development-advisory practice rather than as a modular software platform. Its core offering, Consultancy Services, is organised into four cross-sector service lines — Power & Renewables, Wells & Decommissioning, Environment & Sustainability, and Energy Efficiency & Decarbonisation — providing science, engineering, environment, project management and finance expertise to clients in New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands and beyond. Alongside this, the Renewable Energy Development Advisory practice drives proprietary energy development, most notably the NZ Offshore Wind focus area (the announced South Taranaki 900 MW and Waikato 1,400 MW projects) and the co-founded Kākāriki Renewables portfolio venture with Energy Estate. Together, the consultancy service lines, the development advisory, the offshore wind projects and the Kākāriki portfolio form an integrated end-to-end capability spanning advisory, project delivery, and asset development for the energy transition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kākāriki Renewables: New Zealand-based renewable energy developer focused on delivering large-scale wind, solar, and storage projects; co-founded by Elemental Group with Energy Estate as part of the Kākāriki Portfolio.

Products and services

• Energy Consultancy Services Multi-disciplinary energy advisory delivered across science, engineering, environment, project management and finance for the energy sector in New Zealand and internationally; served to governments, multilaterals, utilities, oil & gas operators and large industrial clients.
• Power & Renewables consulting Specialist advisory and project delivery for solar mini-grids, offshore and onshore wind feasibility and development, and renewable electricity integration across the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia.
• Wells & Decommissioning consulting Specialist services covering wellsite geology and operations support, well plugging and abandonment (P&A), multi-well abandonment campaign engineering and project management, and decommissioning programme delivery for oil & gas operators.
• Environment & Sustainability consulting Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA), Contractors Environmental and Social Management Plans (C-ESMP), environmental monitoring plans, Cultural Impact Assessments and Pacific-wide environmental management planning for solar PV, water treatment and energy infrastructure.
• Energy Efficiency & Decarbonisation consulting Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) assessments, carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) studies, electric vehicle infrastructure assessments, and national energy strategy frameworks for industrial, healthcare and government clients.
• Renewable Energy Development Advisory Development advisory services that collaborate with local and international parties to develop large-scale wind, solar and storage projects, structured around eight published Development Principles covering indigenous partnership, biodiversity, skills development and local procurement.
• Kākāriki Renewables development venture A New Zealand-based renewable energy developer co-founded with Energy Estate, focused on delivering large-scale wind, solar and storage projects under a 600% Renewables vision, partnering with iwi, communities and capital partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• 550 kW Samoa wind farm reduces the island's CO2 footprint by more than 1,000 tonnes per year
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Energy EstateflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founder with Elemental Group of Kākāriki Renewables, a New Zealand-based renewable energy developer focused on large-scale wind, solar and storage projects. The partnership underpins Elemental's '600% Renewables' vision and its renewable energy development business line.
• IT-PowercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTeamed up with Elemental Group to prepare and present the UAE Pacific Partnership Fund training programme (2014–2017), covering renewable energy technologies, network integration, project economics, planning, environmental/social impacts and H&S. Training was delivered in the UAE, Suva (Fiji) and Auckland.
• Elementary SolarminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSub-contracted to Elemental Group for the Vanuatu HELPR-1 deployment (DFAT Renew funding), travelling to Port Vila and the Torba Province to assist with installation, data collection and operation of solar PV systems at remote island medical facilities.
• Kākāriki RenewablesflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerRenewable energy development portfolio company founded by Elemental Group with Energy Estate. Focused on large-scale wind, solar and storage projects across New Zealand, with a regional development approach aligned to Elemental's Development Principles (iwi partnership, biodiversity outcomes, local procurement, skills/training).
• GGGI (Global Green Growth Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Elemental Group and Samoa Water Authority on the Samoa Boreholes Solar Pumping Feasibility study; also administered the United Nations-funded Fiji EV Infrastructure Assessment project.
• Victoria University of Wellington / ERMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with Elemental Group on the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge study exploring feasible re-use options for NZ offshore oil and gas structures at end of life.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Energy Estate: Australian/NZ renewable energy developer and consultancy that is Elemental's JV partner in Kākāriki Renewables. Closely aligned in mission and target market (large-scale wind, solar, storage in NZ and Australia), with a complementary focus on project co-development and origination.
• IT-Power (part of SMEC/Fugro group heritage): Renewable energy consultancy with deep Pacific and developing-country delivery track record (teamed with Elemental on UAE Pacific Partnership Fund training). Comparable niche in international solar/wind advisory and capacity-building for governments and donors.
• Worley Limited: Global energy engineering consultancy with established offshore wind, decommissioning and energy transition practices. Overlaps directly with Elemental's Wells & Decommissioning and offshore wind development work, but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Tonkin + Taylor: NZ-owned environmental and engineering consultancy with strong Pacific Island delivery, environmental impact assessment capability, and renewable energy project experience. Directly comparable to Elemental's Environment & Sustainability and Power & Renewables service lines.
• Helix Energy Solutions Group: US-listed offshore well intervention and decommissioning contractor for which Elemental served as in-country NZ partner on the Tui Field P&A campaign. Directly comparable in well plugging & abandonment delivery, though operating at much larger scale globally.
• BECA Group: New Zealand-headquartered, employee-involved engineering and advisory consultancy with a major energy, environment and infrastructure practice across the Pacific. Closely comparable to Elemental in scale, geography, and multi-disciplinary energy advisory positioning, though broader in sectors and larger in headcount.

Broad incumbents

• SLR Consulting: Global environmental and energy advisory firm with strong ESIA, renewables advisory, and Pacific delivery. Larger and broader than Elemental, but directly comparable across the Environment & Sustainability and Power & Renewables service lines.
• Stantec: Global engineering, environmental and energy consultancy with growing offshore wind and energy transition practices in Asia-Pacific. Comparable across environmental advisory, renewables consulting, and decarbonisation services, though far broader in scale and sector coverage.
• Aurecon: Asia-Pacific engineering and advisory consultancy with strong energy transition and renewables practice. Comparable to Elemental's Power & Renewables and energy advisory work, but serving much larger enterprise clients across broader geographies.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management and development consultancy with extensive Pacific, Caribbean and energy transition practices. Comparable to Elemental's multi-disciplinary energy, environment, and development advisory offering, but operating at vastly greater scale with institutional funding.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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