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Read more about The $1.4 Trillion Question: Can We Afford the Grid We Need?Welcome to CrescoNet's new Director of Sales CrescoNet is investing to grow across the United States, and building a team with deep roots in the utility sector is a big part of that. This month we were pleased to welcome Brec Esnard as our new Director of Sales, US. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Brec has spent his career in this industry and has known the CrescoNet team for many years. He joins at an exciting moment: GRIDWIDE has entered a new chapter becoming a part of CrescoNet, now with a stronger and more reliable platform, and a company behind it that understands utilities from the inside.
Read more about Backing our Growth in the USMembers of our Christchurch team spent the day at Tech Summit '26, held at Te Pae Convention Centre. It is a fixture in their event’s calendar, a full day they make time for every year as the programme reaches well beyond New Zealand and was all about AI technology, its chances and learnings. Ali Adams of ChristchurchNZ set the tone, making the case that the city is deliberately backing a focused set of sectors, cleantech and energy among them, where it can compete on the world stage. That is exactly the space we work in.
Read more about CrescoNet at TechSummit ’26Last Friday, the CrescoNet team swapped our Christchurch office for a lecture theatre just up the road at the University of Canterbury (UC). It turned into one of the most rewarding activities we’ve done on campus. Our Graduate and Internship seminar, “Connecting UC Talent to Real-World Utility Solutions,” brought together students from electrical and computer engineering and computer science for an honest look at the problems we solve, the technology we build, and the career pathways waiting for them right here in Christchurch.
Read more about Where the Grid Meets the Classroom: Our Graduate & Internship Seminar at the University of CanterburyIn July, CrescoNet welcomed Abner Edgar to the team as an engineering intern. Abner is currently completing a Master of Engineering Studies (endorsed in Renewable Energy) at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, where he is a recipient of the Orion Master’s Energy Scholarship, having earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Indonesia. He brings a genuine curiosity for how electrical and energy systems work, along with a growing passion for renewable energy. We sat down for a quick chat to hear about his journey from Indonesia to Christchurch, what drew him to CrescoNet, and what he gets up to when he isn’t deep in the technical detail.
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