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The Press explores the rise of solar interest (and solar follow through) in Canterbury, which has become New Zealand’s busiest region for new residential rooftop solar installations. Newly rebranded Think Solar Christchurch has seen a 500% increase in enquiries compared to the same time last year, while Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey says "solar panels are the natural coupling to electric vehicles" and that as more charging moves to the home, the quicker the payback because households were using more of the electricity themselves".
Read moreDownload the document hereNew Zealand has passed the "tipping point" where most people buying solar panels will save more money than they spend on them, researchers say, but more could be done to unlock households' ability to make use of solar power. Josh Ellison, research lead for Rewiring Aotearoa, said the country was one of the first where the electrification of homes and vehicles could deliver cost-of-living savings and reductions in emissions at the same time. He said the tipping point was probably passed about three years ago but has now been crossed for battery storage systems, too.
There can't be too many off-grid MPs in the world, but Celia Wade-Brown is one of them and she's the latest candidate in our ongoing series Political Power, where we get up close and personal with our elected representatives about their energy use.
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