Solar Power Hawkes Bay
My Solar Quotes provides 3 free quotes for solar power installations. We cover households and businesses New Zealand wide. This includes the greater Hawkes Bay area including Napier, Hastings, Havelock North, Waipukurau and Wairoa.
Typically, Napier receives 2281 sunshine hours a year - well above the average amount for New Zealand, making Hawkes Bay a great place to install solar power. As of April 2024, there are 2,670 solar power systems in the Hawkes Bay region.
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Council Solar Funding
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council has a Solar Power Funding From The Hawkes Bay Council to assist homeowners who would like to install clean heat, insulation, and solar power systems. The council will provide funding for a $20,000 at 6% from Hawke’s Bay Regional Council which can be repaid over 10 years by way of a voluntary targeted rate (VTR)
To obtain funding for a solar power system the solar installer
Solar Power Compliance / Regulations in Hawkes Bay
Lines company applications for solar power are (generally) taken care of by solar installation companies the buyer has chosen.
Connection approval will be required from Unison; they are the lines company that service Napier, Hastings, Havelock North, Waipukurau, Wairoa and the wider Hawkes Bay region. Unison charge an application fee of $160.
Examples of Solar Power in Hawkes Bay
Hans in Hastings, Hawkes Bay installed a 10kW solar panels system. Hans explained that "For us, this was an excellent investment. Power is an expense that keeps coming back, year-after-year. We simply enjoy seeing how the system is performing."
Bart from Hastings, Hawkes Bay installed a 4kW solar power system. Two months into owning a solar power system Bart found that his "power bill has more than halved". Bart looks forward to the price of solar batteries falling so he can "use more of my own power instead of selling it back at a low price".
