2y ago

Solar for all

www.labour.org.nz

Release: Doubling rooftop solar to reduce bills & emissions

This is a fantastic initiative. Hopefully all parties subscribe to this.

It's win win for all involved. Only power companies would be against this.

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Don't really know the specific ins and outs of different policys and all that, but really want solar to become more main stream, and with that, hopefully bring the prices down a bit.
Very keen to get some solar in the near future, and would love for some friendlier prices :)
- Hopefully if they mandate for it. They will invest in solar and that should bring the price down for all. Only time will tell though
  
  Hopefully with the massive amount of effort going into battery tech, the price continues to come down rapidly, and we also get new technologies coming out that are a bit more eco-friendly
I'm all for new solar but the rebates going towards residential installs will go directly in the pockets of the same companies that are squeezing us as they make billions in profit.
Without similar DER/VPP legislation they have in Australia, the markets will continue to be skewed in favour of the big gentailers. I agree that this is a separate issue from the distributed generation needing to be installed but don't stop there. Let's take it all the way and make a level playing field for small generators.
- Absolutely
Just saw this on the Aussie community and I'd thought I'd add it for some food for thought as it doesn't directly relate to NZ:
Rooftop solar eats up all demand in South Australia, world’s most renewable grid
The Aussies clearly love solar and I wish more people here would get behind it.
*Solar for some. Not everyone qualifies
- Who doesn't qualify?
  
  It’ll have an income threshold, and renters aren’t mentioned at all.

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