iGenerate joins the Lightforce family
The stars have aligned for two solar power companies after Marlborough-based iGenerate was acquired by fast-growing Auckland-based outfit Lightforce. Thanks to all the staff and customers over the last…
String VS Micro Solar Inverters
We spend plenty of time talking with customers re the benefits of String and the benefits of Micros. Our team are big fans of the enphase micro inverter as evidenced…
iGenerate July/August Offer
Solar in New Zealand is on the rise. Westpac, New Zealand Home Loans, Kiwibank all have interest free loans for solar and incentives. Current installations mean there is a new system…
Largest Solar Farm = Solar Investment
Late last year, Refining NZ’s previous CEO Mike Fuge announced it was going ahead with a project to build the country’s largest solar electricity plant on its site. The aim was…
Marlborough 2 MW Solar Farm
Great to see the announcement from KEA energy re the new Solar Farm in Marlborough. The Marlborough not only grows the best grapes in the world it can be used…
Transpower and the energy future
Great to see Transpower release its updated paper on New Zealands energy future. So important to keep having this discussion especially when there will be many large investments in infrastructure…
International Energy Agency coal warning
On the back of the news that New Zealand is looking at importing coal to reduce our rising wholesale power prices, the International Energy Agency released its latest report, (https://www.iea.org/wei2018/) detailing the…
How Much Power Will You Really Save?
iGenerate customer Haydn had solar panels installed in his home in November 2017. Haydn tracked his power usage before and after the installations and has given us a pretty good…
Solar Buddies: An Innovative Buy Back Power Plan
6 months in to Trustpower’s new Solar Buddies plan, and it has quickly become New Zealands largest peer-to-peer solar power trading platform. Peer-to-peer trading is a concept gaining global…
Solar Power = Super Power
The latest report from Transpower regarding Te Mauri Hiko – Energy Futures makes for interesting reading. You can download the full report here. As New Zealand persues the most cost…