{"id":1132,"date":"2025-02-19T10:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T10:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/02\/19\/is-solar-power-really-worth-it-in-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T10:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T10:25:49","slug":"is-solar-power-really-worth-it-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/02\/19\/is-solar-power-really-worth-it-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Is solar power really worth it in New Zealand?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/94cXBvvlZoA?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Because I&#8217;m recharging electric cars every day, I tend to use more electricity than the average New Zealand household, so I wondered if installing solar panels would cut down my power bills.<\/p>\n<p>To find out, I contacted some solar panel installers, they looked at my monthly power bill and then recommended some solar systems that would be ideal for my circumstances. I ended up using an installer called Endless Energy, who installed a 9.7 kW system (22 x Longi 440W panels) and a Solax 7.5 kW inverter.<\/p>\n<p>Now my system&#8217;s been up and running for almost three months, I took a look at my first two power bills and compared them to my average bill over the last year with interesting results.<br \/>As you can see in the above video, even though my power consumption was twice the New Zealand average in the first month, my power bill was the lowest I&#8217;d ever seen. And wait until you see the second month!<br \/>I&#8217;ll do another follow up video in the coming months, so feel free to ask any questions you&#8217;d like answered and of course, hit the Subscribe button so you don&#8217;t miss that video when it&#8217;s out.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in getting your own solar panels installed on your roof, why not try this solar panel size calculator:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.genless.govt.nz\/for-everyone\/at-home\/explore-solar-energy\/solar-power-calculator\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.genless.govt.nz\/for-everyone\/at-home\/explore-solar-energy\/solar-power-calculator\/<\/a><br \/>It takes about 15 minutes to enter in all your details and it&#8217;ll suggest the right sized system. Or, if you&#8217;re anything like me, why not just reach out to some reputable installers instead and let them do all the maths instead!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of solar installers, check out our huge list of solar installer partners: <a href=\"https:\/\/ecotricity.co.nz\/solar-partners\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ecotricity.co.nz\/solar-partners<\/a> to find one near you.<\/p>\n<p>At Ecotricity we LOVE renewable energy and we reward those customers who help New Zealand reach its climate goals. If you&#8217;re on our ecoSOLAR plan, you&#8217;ll now earn 16 cents per kWh off peak and 21 cents per kWh on peak! There&#8217;s no catch; we just really want your solar power! Join here now: <a href=\"https:\/\/get.ecotricity.nz\/solar\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/get.ecotricity.nz\/solar<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Ecotricity is New Zealand&#8217;s only certified climate positive electricity provider. That means by switching today, you&#8217;re actually turning back the clock on Climate Change, while saving money in the process.<br \/>Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it&#8217;s not! Ecotricity is real, with really affordable electricity, thanks to it being purely renewable.<br \/>Head to www.ecotricity.co.nz and chuck in your address to see how much money &#038; carbon you can save right now. It&#8217;s that easy and it makes a real, positive difference for the next generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because I&#8217;m recharging electric cars every day, I tend to use more electricity than the average New Zealand household, so I wondered if installing solar panels would cut down my power bills. To find out, I contacted some solar panel installers, they looked at my monthly power bill and then recommended some solar systems that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":1133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}