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Rewiring Aotearoa thinks customers need to be considered part of the energy infrastructure and three academics from AUT agree, arguing that a more decentralised system could play an important role in a more resilient system. As they say: "By focusing only on solar farms, we are using new technologies in an old-fashioned way, by centralising power generation in certain locations, in the hands of a few companies."
Read moreDownload the document here"Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Thursday that the banks had quite a high rejection rate and were not offering loans at the scale required. People generally need to have a home loan with a bank to qualify for a green loan. This has been a problem for people such as retirees. Without a loan, homeowners have to come up with the money to pay for the system, which can be a hurdle."
Read moreDownload"The most detailed counterproposal comes from Rewiring Aotearoa, a sustainable energy lobby group which commissioned research firm Sapere to model an alternative. Its answer is the least glamorous fuel imaginable: diesel. Does Rewiring Aotearoa actually like diesel? “The answer is ‘no’, but the answer is ‘yes’ if we have to do something,” says CEO Mike Casey. His thesis is that the rapid take-up of renewable energy makes most of the concerns about firming power redundant. “But 2024 sent energy ministers’ blood pressures through the roof.”
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