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Rewiring Aotearoa was proud to be part of the inaugural Electrifying Queenstown event at Millbrook alongside more than 150 members of the local business community. DQ boss Mat Woods told Mountain Scene the idea for the event was sparked by the Electric Homes report about New Zealand becoming one of the first countries in the world to reach the ‘‘tipping point’’ and there's a positive peer pressure in the Southern Lakes air as the region attempts to create a carbon zero visitor economy by 2030. To reach that goal it will have to, as Mike Casey said at the event, electrify everything that can be electrified - and quickly. As Kinloch Wilderness Lodge's Toni Glover said, the best way to do that is 'just start'. Kudos to Destination Queenstown, the Queenstown Business Chamber and Aurora for making it happen. We'd love to see more events like this right across the country so we can share the economic and environmental opportunities of electrification to more Kiwi businesses. Where next?
Read moreDownload the document hereBillions of dollars will be saved through the electrification of Canterbury and other South Island regions, a new study has found. By 2040, Canterbury households could collectively save $9.6 billion on energy bills – including upfront costs – if 80% of them converted to solar power, batteries and all-electric appliances, according to Rewiring Aotearoa, a non-partisan electrification group. The power bill for each of those households would be about $2500 a year lower than if they continued buying electricity from the grid, the Electrify Canterbury study found.
Read moreDownloadAn ex-coal man embraces the sun; another New Zealand record is broken as two new solar farms come on stream; a new long range electric bus launches with cheap fares between Oamaru and Dunedin (and it wouldn't be economical with diesel); Ed Conway on how diesel is being used as a geopolitical weapon (and how our Powered From Within plan to electrify critical assets would reduce our reliance on fuel); will we be using cords to charge our cars in the future?; and oil is good (for salad).
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