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Whether you're monitoring gates in the back of beyond or powering your milking shed, solar and batteries can help farmers do the business these days and, as Morgan Brodie from Lusty & Blundell says, the products it offers go from one end of the spectrum to the other.
The company has been around for over 50 years and is a local distributor for Victron. Its background is in the marine and leisure industry, so off-grid systems are a specialty.
That certainly comes into play now on farms - especially if a grid connection is too expensive - and it can also power equipment like pumps in remote areas.
Solar and batteries can also help deal farmers with grid outages and can also bring down the cost of diesel generators in emergencies with its hybrid systems.
Cooking with cars at Fleet Days; 'the best petrol car has already been built, but EVs keep getting better; New York looks to improve air quality and reduce noise by electrifying its 20,000 food carts; Kea Aerospace announces a new facility to build its Atmos 2 solar-powered plane; 'green steel' gets closer with Glenbrook's electric arc furnace and local start-up Cullbeck setting up alongside; the pros and cons of replacing lithium with sodium in batteries; and 'aquavoltaics' could be a thing as a massive project in China combines an offshore solar farm with a fish farm.
Read moreDownloadPeople could find out more about potential savings and other ways to power their homes and vehicles with electricity at a first-of-a-kind community event in Nelson, supported by electrification advocacy organisation, Rewiring Aotearoa. The charity’s CEO Mike Casey said people who switched to rooftop solar currently stood to save more than $1000 net a year on their electricity bills, wherever they lived.
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