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"When you look at how much people are paying now, and the fact grid electricity keeps going up, it’s very hard to argue a solar installation isn’t economic.”
Rewiring Aotearoa's CEO Mike Casey talks to The Press' Blayne Slabbert about the benefits, costs and considerations of getting solar and it's a thorough rundown for anyone thinking about investing.
As he says, a typical household should expect to pay about $2000 per kilowatt for a fully installed solar system, including GST.
“The average system size in New Zealand has been around six or seven kilowatts,” he said.
Zac Le Heux, co-founder of Garden City Solar, says his "rough payback guide is six to eight years for solar only, assuming the family can use a good chunk of the solar power in the middle of the day.
“If you add a battery you’re more in that 10 to 12 year range,” he said.
New South Wales gets the memo about the importance of finance and announces scheme offering zero interest loans to households to upgrade to electric stuff; plug-in solar gets the tick of approval to go on sale in the UK soon and the New York Times says it could 'change America'; EVolocity takes electrification to the streets to gets the kids inspired (and eventually employed); a tour of the amazing recycling business Redwood Materials; Think Solar and BYD give it away now; and a skit that cuts close to the bone for many solar dads.
Read moreDownloadAdvances in technology and falling costs mean customer-owned solar and batteries can play a critical role in New Zealand’s energy infrastructure - improving affordability, resilience and sustainability. Multiple trading relationships (MTR) and peer-to-peer trading would enable this potential by increasing competition, customer choice, and innovation in the electricity market, unlocking greater consumer benefits from customer solar and batteries.
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