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Rewiring Aotearoa’s Matt Newman says farmers could reduce energy costs and generate income by producing and selling their own electricity.

The install­a­tion of a vehicle-­to-­grid (V2G) char­ger at the Arrow­town Com­munity Centre has made it one of the most resi­li­ent emer­gency hubs in the coun­try. The bi­dir­ec­tional Starcharge unit, which was fully com­mis­sioned last week, can not only charge an elec­tric vehicle (EV) but also draw power from the bat­ter­ies of com­pat­ible EVS to provide back­up power for the build­ing in the event of an emer­gency.