Generating your own electricity
Want a cost-competitive, reliable power supply with no monthly bills? Here's how.
On the right type of property, in the right location, generating your own electricity using the sun, wind and water can be cost-effective, clean options.
By generating your own electricity using clean technology, you'll be insulated from power price rises and you'll also be helping to reduce New Zealand's contribution to climate change (i.e. less demand for electricity made by burning fossil fuels means less greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere - a process which contributes to climate change). You may even be able to sell electricity back to your power company.
In remote areas, where connections to the local lines can cost tens of thousands of dollars, generating your own power is likely to be the least expensive option both for upfront and ongoing costs.
