Aotearoa New Zealand's first ever community owned solar farm.

That's our Rau Kūmara system, set up in 2020 thanks to Wellington Community Trust funding. Its 240 panels (107 kWp/ peak power) provide electricity for the Ōtaki Wastewater Treatment Plant next door,

while 52 panels (23kWp) supply Ōtaki College with 'clean' energy. 

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Excess power is sold back to the grid.

The money generated goes straight into the Whakahiko Ōtaki–Energise Ōtaki Fund to help turn other bright ideas into sparky realities.