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Clandeboye solar farm is Lodestone Energy''s first South Island utility-scale solar project. The farm, which is based in South Canterbury, starts construction in June 2025 and plans to have its first generation by Q3 2026.
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Work is set to begin on a large solar farm in Northland, after Meridian Energy confirmed the project would go ahead. The consented $227 million Ruakākā solar farm, south of Whangārei, would have 250,000 solar
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Solar energy is steadily growing across New Zealand, and 2025 brings a renewed focus on making it more accessible and rewarding. While we don’t currently have nationwide subsidies for home solar systems, there are still several practical incentives and support options available for Kiwis keen to harness the sun’s power.
Even without a government rebate, going solar in New Zealand remains a forward-thinking, financially viable decision. Explore NZ's solar incentives and rebates in 2025. Discover solar buy-back rates, financing options, and community projects to maximise your solar savings.
One of the challenges in forecasting utility-scale solar uptake in New Zealand is the absence of any built schemes from which to draw insights and to benchmark potential forecast schemes against.
Solar resource also varies widely throughout New Zealand and there are many potential sites for utility-scale solar across the entirety of New Zealand. Selecting and ranking suitable utility-scale solar sites would require matching the LCOE with prevailing locational electricity prices.
Most home solar systems in NZ pay off in less than 10 years, which means you still get 20 or more years of free energy and freedom from price hikes and blackouts. Check out this image below showing how the cost of your grid power is distributed across five different categories.
One of the key findings from this study is how rapidly utility-scale solar development could become economic in New Zealand. For example, if all economic utility-scale solar systems were built within the existing grid capacity, there could be several gigawatts of development in the space of 5-10 years.
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