A plan to Solarise New Zealand - Greenpeace Aotearoa

A plan to install solar and batteries in half a million homes over the next ten years

When the Government decided to call time on offshore oil and gas exploration, it sent a clear message: the time has come for us to look elsewhere for the energy required to run our homes, cars, businesses, and economy.

Here’s a plan:

Delivering clean solar power and storage to half a million New Zealand homes over ten years.
Through an interest free loan on solar panels and a battery, with no upfront costs for the homeowner.
Financed by diverting the $88m a year of public money that is currently spent on subsidies for the oil and gas industry.
Contributing 1.5 GW of new clean power and 3 GW of grid-stabilising battery storage to New Zealand’s electricity grid in the next decade.
Putting power back in the hands of New Zealand households.

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About the author

Amanda Larsson is the Head of Campaigns for Greenpeace Aotearoa. She is an ecological economist by training with a specialisation in energy policy. She has previously led Greenpeac…e Aotearoa’s campaigns against deep sea oil exploration and for solarising New Zealand. You can follow her musings on Twitter.