Confidence that cutting regulations to make solar power more accessible - won't jeopardise people's safety. A new Regulation Ministry reports laid out a potential blueprint to legalise plug-in solar and reduce the time and cost of panel installation. Rewiring Aotearoa CEO Mike Casey shares his thoughts with Andrew Dickens.
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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