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Farmer's Weekly editor Bryan Gibson talks to Mike Casey on the InFocus podcast about paying back the capital on a recent solar investment in five years, the changes that need to be made to the 'braided river' that is our national grid to incentivise more farms to become power plants, and the strangeness of the current system that sees fossil fuels sent from Saudi Arabia, to Singapore and then onto boats and trucks, when we could be powering our electric farm machines directly from the farm.
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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