12 Jun 2025

The push to power farms by solar

From Nine To Noon, 9:26 am on 12 June 2025

The Energy Minister Simon Watts has launched the Solar on Farms initiative at Fieldays - with plans for tools and data to be made available as well as moves to make financing these products easier.

ASB Bank is offering interest free loans up to $150,000 over 5 years.

It comes as joint venture company Farmlands Flex adds its launch of a software product that will help connect solar systems to batteries and the grid. 

Farmlands Flex chief executive is Andrew Pegler and Becks Smith is founder of Solayer - a company installing solar systems on farm.