The case for energy loans: read our latest explainer
After Mike Casey spoke to almost 100 people in Masterton about the economic and environmental benefits of electrification, long-time councillor Chris Peterson wrote an opinion piece about Rewiring Aotearoa's realistic ‘what’s in it for me’ approach to achieving results, the success of the Electrifying Queenstown event and the momentum that's now building in the region for an Electrify Wairarapa campaign. As he writes: "No matter your political persuasion, one thing that seems to unite us is saving money so it has been encouraging to see genuine collaboration — reflecting, hopefully, a realisation that we are all in this climate crisis together and that electrifying the region means there is also something in it for the community." Where next?
Read moreDownload the document hereA better electric building at Parliament and an innovative heating system in affordable Arrowtown housing development Tewa Banks; more Australian envy as Queensland landlords incentivised to put on solar to reduce bills for tenants; first Auckland, then Ireland, and now Vessev heads to Taupō; Octopus gives us a reminder that gas in homes is dumb and hydrogen is even dumber; and Alex Honnold's mission to give impoverished communities access to cheap solar energy.
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