14-04-2022, 03:05 PM
Near Taupo. If they get consents, then work could start in the summer & its likely to bring jobs to the region.
This could work really providing they've done the research.
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nzs-largest-s...7pv43CfFzc
[b][i]"A solar farm larger than the Auckland and Christchurch CBDs combined could start construction near Taupō as soon as this summer, Marc Daalder reports [/i][/b]
This could work really providing they've done the research.
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/nzs-largest-s...7pv43CfFzc
[b][i]"A solar farm larger than the Auckland and Christchurch CBDs combined could start construction near Taupō as soon as this summer, Marc Daalder reports [/i][/b]
A 400 megawatt solar farm planned for the Taupō region could produce 190 times more electricity than New Zealand's current largest grid-connected solar facility, Newsroom can reveal.
Nova Energy, owned by the Todd Corporation, has applied for two resource consents from Taup┼ì District Council to construct the project in three stages over six or seven years. When completed, it will involve more than 750,000 individual solar panels and could power 100,000 homes ÔÇô┬ámore than one in every 20 houses across New Zealand.
"To meet the 2050 net carbon zero target, New Zealand needs more renewable energy, which Nova can provide," the company's CEO Babu Bahirathan said."
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)