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Lightforce Solar is one of the bigger players in the national solar scene and it's doing a great job of normalising the technology and ramping up the neighbourhood effect with its Barrett-heavy ad campaign. Now it's seen the light and opened up a hub in the rapidly growing Central Otago region. Solar enquiries have been off the charts in recent months as energy security becomes more of a dinner-table discussion and more homes electrify their transport. As consultant Sam Risbrook told Mike Casey at Electrify Queenstown, there's a lot of demand in the residential sector down south and farms are the next major focus, something close to Casey's heart (Lightforce Solar has recently inked a partnership with Federated Farmers).

The Infrastructure Commission warned the government to slow down over its LNG plans, saying it should develop the "right solution, not the most expedient one".

New South Wales gets the memo about the importance of finance and announces scheme offering zero interest loans to households to upgrade to electric stuff; plug-in solar gets the tick of approval to go on sale in the UK soon and the New York Times says it could 'change America'; EVolocity takes electrification to the streets to gets the kids inspired (and eventually employed); a tour of the amazing recycling business Redwood Materials; Think Solar and BYD give it away now; and a skit that cuts close to the bone for many solar dads.