More than 80 join us in Masterton

Electrify Wairarapa was delighted to have over 80 people join us to hear from local people with personal experience of electrifying their homes and businesses.

It's the first of many and all the feedback from the night and the presentations are available from the link below.

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Rewiring Policy Manifesto

It is now in our national interest (and most New Zealanders’ self-interest) to use more locally-made electrons to run electric machines.

Rewiring Aotearoa's policy manifesto outlines an achievable plan to turn New Zealand into the world’s most electric economy and address our cost of living, climate, productivity and energy security challenges. 

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Rewiring Aotearoa’s previous work has identified a massive electrification opportunity for New Zealand.

Their latest report 'The Machine Count' is New Zealand's first complete inventory of all our fossil fuel machines and what it will take to electrify them.

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Off Grid Living

'We haven’t had a power bill in five years': the Wairarapa couple living off-grid.

High in the hills above Martinborough in South Wairarapa, Frank and Lisa Cornelissen live completely off-grid in a house powered by the sun and wind.

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Waingawa Solar Farm

Auckland-based Lightyears Solar has had an eventful few months, with its latest project, Waingawa Solar Farm, just out of Masterton, officially opened by Energy Minister Simon Watts.

 

 

 

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Electrification Conference & Expo

With over 120 conference attendees, 20 + exhibitors and 16 individual speakers – this community led event demonstrated the significant interest in electrification. 

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