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Kill Bills: How to electrify your home and save thousands - Event Details

Kill Bills: How to electrify your home and save thousands - Event Details

Prices are up – across electricity, gas and petrol. It’s time to fight back.

Rewiring Aotearoa is touring Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga with free community events(...)

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Sungrow’s SBR Battery Joins New Zealand’s Sparse 3-Phase Club

Sungrow’s SBR Battery Joins New Zealand’s Sparse 3-Phase Club

Early this year, Sungrow launched its high-voltage SBR battery in New Zealand. It is now one of the very few solar batteries that are compatible with three-phase inverters. Plus, this is(...)

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When Commercial Building Walls Generate Power: Farmers Solar Façade

When Commercial Building Walls Generate Power: Farmers Solar Façade

I recently had the chance to pick the brain of Yariv Edery from YEH about one of the most interesting commercial solar projects in New Zealand right now - the solar façade at Farmers,(...)

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Batteries With Your Solar? Some Regions Are Going All In

Batteries With Your Solar? Some Regions Are Going All In

When I’m chatting with solar installers around the country, I always ask the same question:

“So… roughly what percentage of your installs include a battery?”

I’ve(...)

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New Zealand’s First Major Study Proves Solar Boosts Home Value

New Zealand’s First Major Study Proves Solar Boosts Home Value

If solar salespersons had a dollar for each time someone said, ‘I don’t want solar because we’re moving out in a few years,' it would make them more money than their commissions. To(...)

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More Solar, Less Restriction: Why 10kW Export Limits Matter

More Solar, Less Restriction: Why 10kW Export Limits Matter

Another genuinely good move from the Electricity Authority - and I’ll admit, one I was slightly sceptical about at first.

The Electricity Authority (EA) oversees the rules that(...)

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Wood Mackenzie Names Its Top 10 Inverter Brands

Wood Mackenzie Names Its Top 10 Inverter Brands

An inverter is the unsung hero of a solar power system. It does most of the heavy lifting in any setup, and also requires a fairly complicated manufacturing process. This is why a ranking(...)

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Anker Solix X1: Handsome, Capable, Affordable

Anker Solix X1: Handsome, Capable, Affordable

Most of us know Anker as a popular electronics brand offering headphones, speakers, and portable power banks. But Anker is almost never the first name that comes to mind when someone(...)

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