May 7, 2025
The Post
The Post: Farmers could electrify 80% of their machinery with better access to finance, says report

The Post's Alka Prasad reports on Rewiring Aotearoa's Machine Count project, which found that "Aotearoa has over 10 million fossil fuel machines - those powered by petrol, diesel, gas and other fuels - that could switch to renewable energy and save the country 7.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions each year. But researchers quantifying this task found electrifying major agribusiness machinery was still difficult, especially in New Zealand, and at present, prohibitively expensive."

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