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On RNZ's First Up, Mike Casey spoke with Nathan Rarere about the increasingly compelling economics of solar and the positive signals coming from Energy and Climate Change Minister Hon. Simon Watts MP FCA. As he says, the Government is aiming to double the amount of renewable electricity being produced and a high percentage of that "could and will come from customers generating the energy themselves". "It's around treating the customer as part of the infrastructure of New Zealand... and removing the barriers that are getting in the way of this stuff happening."
Read moreDownload the document hereThere’s plenty of energy emanating from the ground at Te Puia in Rotorua. And there’s plenty of creative energy emanating from those studying at the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute. Now there’s also plenty of electric energy, because the business has upgraded its fossil fuel vehicles and added a big solar system so they can run on the sun.
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