Solar power cuts electricity bills and carbon emissions – NZ needs to scale up faster
- Written by Paul Hume, Senior Research Fellow in Materials Science, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Solar power is now the cheapest form of electricity in most countries, including New Zealand, and its global uptake is growing exponentially.
So far, New Zealand’s adoption of solar electricity generation has been slower than elsewhere, but it is accelerating quickly. Scaling up installation could help reduce high consumer energy...
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