Solar power

Earl Bardsley questions the appetite for 'littering the landscape' with windfarms and solar panels to maintain AI data centres established via contracts facing little public scrutiny

Earl Bardsley questions the appetite for 'littering the landscape' with windfarms and solar panels to maintain AI data centres established via contracts facing little public scrutiny

Greens propose zero-interest clean energy loans, $200 million investment into community energy projects and creating a publicly-owned entity called Kiwipower to deliver what the 'market has failed to build'

Greens propose zero-interest clean energy loans, $200 million investment into community energy projects and creating a publicly-owned entity called Kiwipower to deliver what the 'market has failed to build'

NZ political parties want to make rooftop solar more affordable. We found cost isn’t everything

NZ political parties want to make rooftop solar more affordable. We found cost isn’t everything

Labour promises low-interest rate schemes, subsidies, plug-in options for renters as it launches its ‘SolarSaver package’ which aims to make it easier for New Zealanders to access solar power

Labour promises low-interest rate schemes, subsidies, plug-in options for renters as it launches its ‘SolarSaver package’ which aims to make it easier for New Zealanders to access solar power

National promises low-interest, long-term solar power loans, repaid through rates

National promises low-interest, long-term solar power loans, repaid through rates

Kate Hua-Ke Chi looks at why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties

Kate Hua-Ke Chi looks at why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties

Peter Newman & Ray Wills say we’ve reached the tipping point with renewable energy set to outcompete fossil fuel more and more

Peter Newman & Ray Wills say we’ve reached the tipping point with renewable energy set to outcompete fossil fuel more and more

Ruakākā's 'Big BESS' officially opens, with Meridian planning more grid batteries and solar power generation

Ruakākā's 'Big BESS' officially opens, with Meridian planning more grid batteries and solar power generation

Spain-Portugal blackouts: what actually happened, and what can Iberia and Europe learn from it?

Spain-Portugal blackouts: what actually happened, and what can Iberia and Europe learn from it?

Going beyond satellites, Rocket Lab launches new Frontier radios and Starray solar power for space

Going beyond satellites, Rocket Lab launches new Frontier radios and Starray solar power for space

From waste to power: how floating solar panels on wastewater ponds could help solve NZ’s electricity security crisis

From waste to power: how floating solar panels on wastewater ponds could help solve NZ’s electricity security crisis

More rooftop solar in cities would help solve NZ’s energy crisis – and build disaster resilience

More rooftop solar in cities would help solve NZ’s energy crisis – and build disaster resilience

A Future Made in Australia – old-fashioned protectionism or the new competition?

A Future Made in Australia – old-fashioned protectionism or the new competition?

New Zealand needs to build more renewable energy assets and reserve hydro dams as batteries for evening peaks, Far North Solar says

New Zealand needs to build more renewable energy assets and reserve hydro dams as batteries for evening peaks, Far North Solar says

NZ’s electricity market is a mess. Rolling out rooftop solar would change the game, Stephen Poletti, Bruce Mountain & Geoff Bertram say

NZ’s electricity market is a mess. Rolling out rooftop solar would change the game, Stephen Poletti, Bruce Mountain & Geoff Bertram say