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"For decades, climate activists tried and failed to find messaging that could persuade politicians and the public to take their cause seriously. The world was ending! Why didn’t anyone care? The Australian inventor and entrepreneur Saul Griffith has cracked the code, pointing out that the transition to renewable energy generation and household electrification will save consumers money. Griffith founded Rewiring Australia and Rewiring America and he’s an advisor to Rewiring Aotearoa, whose CEO Mike Casey has injected decarbonisation as cost-of-living solution into the veins of our body politic. The coalition’s sudden scramble for green energy policy under energy minister Simeon Brown – the public has got the wild idea that they’re anti-environment! – draws heavily from the Rewiring Aotearoa policy work, and the deliberately pragmatic, technocratic message."
Read moreDownload the document hereElectric vehicles are increasingly pulling into New Zealand workshops - and mechanics need the right qualifications to work on them safely. High-voltage battery systems carry risks for untrained technicians, and as EVs become a larger share of the national fleet, workshops without qualified staff risk being left behind. Some vehicle manufacturers are also beginning to require demonstrated technician competency as a condition of warranty-related work - a trend that is expected to grow. Here's where the training is on offer.
Read moreDownloadSolar and storage on farms has been going off like a frog in a sock recently. And Federated Farmers has made it a big part of its election manifesto. While Wayne Langford recently missed out on a fourth term as president, he's a Bright Spark in our books for all the work he's done to get this issue on the political radar and help speed up adoption.
Read moreDownload"To emphasise both the risk and the opportunity for New Zealand’s political economy, the price of Brent crude hit US$100 a barrel again on Friday, which is likely to push petrol prices back towards $3.50/litre. But New Zealand’s uptake of EVs, home solar, home batteries and grid-scale solar and batteries is lagging far behind most other countries, who have incentives and national strategies to electrify fast."
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