[Tamaki Makaurau, Pipiri 2024] Ethical Power, mahi tahi me te KeaX Limited, kua whiwhi whakaaetanga whakamahere mo tana whanaketanga PV solar hou i Aotearoa. I tukuna te whakaaetanga e te kaunihera a-rohe o Herewini i Mei.
Ko te kaupapa 65MW PV, ko Buckleys Road Solar Farm te ingoa, kei te takiwa o Selwyn, kei waho noa atu o Ōtautahi. He 104-ha te rahi o te ra i runga i te waahi 111-ha me te kaha whakaputa mahi o te 100GWh. Ko te huānga solar o te kaupapa ka uru ki te 140,000 nga waahanga aroturuki tuaka kotahi me te 13 nga hurihuri huri noa me te punaha rokiroki hiko hiko (BESS).
Nick Keeler, Kaiwhakahaere Whenua mo Ethical Power Na Whanaketanga Aotearoa i arahi te whanaketanga o te kaupapa i te mahi tahi me KeaX. Ko tana korero mo te whakatau pai mo te whakamahere: “Kare e kore ka noho ko Buckleys Road tetahi o nga tino kaupapa solar i Aotearoa. E harikoa ana matou ki te whakatau pai a te Kaunihera me te hiahia kia tere haere te kaupapa. He harikoa te mahi ki tenei whanaketanga me KeaX, te whakakotahi Ethical PowerKo te tohungatanga solar me te BESS o te ao me nga tirohanga a KeaX me nga matauranga o te rohe.
Ko te korero a Campbell McMath, Kaiwhakahaere o KeaX Limited, mo te whakaaetanga whakaaetanga, “He mea whakatenatena te kite i te kaunihera e tautoko ana i nga kaupapa hou, e tino hiahiatia ana, e taea ai te whakahou i to tatou rohe, me te mohio ki nga huarahi ka taea te rerekeetanga whenua. Ka tautoko tenei i te hiahia o Waitaha mo te whakatipuranga nui ake, me te whiwhi moni pumau ki nga kaiahuwhenua. Ko te mahi tahi me Ethical Power kua he taahiraa whakaongaonga, tuku EthicalKo nga pukenga, matauranga me nga wheako o raua ko Kea, hei whakanui i a raua ano.”
Hei whakarite mo te tuku mahere, Ethical Power me te KeaX i korero ki Te Taumutu Runanga mo te pupuri i nga tikanga ahurea o te whenua. Kei roto i te tauākī whakaaetanga whakamahere he arotake pai o nga whakaaro ahurea. Kei roto i te hoahoa he Pae Maori Wähi Taonga.
Ko te arotakenga o te whanaketanga i whakaarohia i pai te aromatawai i te paanga o te whanaketanga o te ra ki runga i te whenua. I whakatauhia e kore te kaupapa e whakararu i te ahua o te taiwhenua o te rohe, he mihi ki nga piringa whakaruruhau me te whakatakotoranga whenua e whakaarohia ana kei roto i te mahere whanaketanga. Ko te whenua e whakamahia ana i tenei wa mo te whangai kau, ka tautoko tonu i nga mahi whenua tuatahi ma te whangai hipi ina oti te waahi ki te whakahaere.
Ko te waahi e whakaarohia ana ko Buckleys Road kei te taha o te teihana iti o Brookside 66kV. Ma te uru tata ki te matiti me Ōtautahi, he waahi hiahia nui, ka whakanuia e te kaupapa te whakamahi pai o te kupenga hiko.
E ai ki te Tauākī Kaupapahere ā-Motu mō te Whakatupu Hiko Whakahōu (NPS-REG), e whai ana a Aotearoa ki te whakatutuki i te 100% te whakaputa hiko whakahou hei te tau 2030. E tika ana te kaupapa Buckleys Road ki tenei wawata, a ka whai waahi pai ki te pikinga o te hiko matomato me te 100GWh o te ra. mana, me te haumarutanga o te tuku ma te huānga pākahiko o te tono.
Taipitopito KeaX Limited
He kamupene whanaketanga a KeaX me ona pakiaka i ahu mai i a Kea Energy Limited. He toa a Kea Energy a Gen-Tailer i te maakete hiko o Aotearoa, a kua neke atu i te 10 tau te hoko hiko whakahou. I hangaia e ia te paamu solar Utility Scale tuatahi o Aotearoa i te 2MW te rahi. He tohungatanga a KeaX ki nga pukenga i riro mai i tenei kaupapa, me te maha o nga waahi whakatipuranga iti tae atu ki nga hiko hiko. Na te mohiotanga o te kapa i KeaX i roto i nga whatunga me nga maakete hiko, na tenei i awhina i a ia ki te tipu i roto i te rohe whakatipuranga.
Ko te tari matua kei Leeston, tata ki te 5kM mai i te Buckleys Road Solar Farm, na te kaupapa i hanga ki te kapa i KeaX.
Taipitopito Ethical Power
Ethical Power he kamupene hanganga ukauka kua whakahiato poutū e whai hua ana ki te penapena hiko me te rokiroki pākahiko. Ma te mohiotanga puta noa i te huringa ora o te kaupapa, mai i te hoahoa ki te hanga me nga hononga matiti ki te whakahaere rawa, Ethical Power Ka taea e ia te arotau i nga mahi i te taha o te mekameka uara me te whai i te rekoata whai mana mo te tuku rawa pai rawa atu me te tino mahi tino kaha ki te whakahou.
Ko te tari matua i te UK, Ethical Power i whakarewahia tana apiti o Aotearoa i te tau 2021 na roto i te mahi tahi i waenga Ethical Power, Hive Energy and Solar South-West, called HES Aotearoa (HESA). Na roto i tenei hononga, i whakawhanakehia e ia nga kaupapa PV solar 9 whaipainga i hokona atu ki te hoa whaipainga rangatira i Aotearoa i te tau 2023. Ethical Power Ko Aotearoa te kaikirimana tuatahi mo te miihini, hoko me te hanga (EPC) mo te tuku i nga papaa solar e 9.