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Lodestone Energy and Centralines have started construction on the 31.5MWp Central Hawke's Bay solar PV power plant.

Harmony Energy New Zealand has energised the 202MWp Tauhei solar PV power plant near Te Aroha in the Waikato region.

Trina Solar has secured an order from a global distributed energy customer for its perovskite/crystalline silicon tandem solar modules.

Developer Lightsource bp has reached financial close on the 171MWdc Glorit solar PV power plant, north of Auckland, New Zealand.

Foresight Group-backed developer NZ Clean Energy (NZCE) and Fonterra have signed a long-term virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) under which the dairy cooperative will purchase electricity generated by NZCE's Darfield solar-plus-storage project in Canterbury.

New Zealand gentailer Contact Energy has completed installation of all solar modules at the 150MW Kōwhai Park solar PV power plant at Christchurch Airport.

Lodestone Energy & Centralines have confirmed that construction will begin this spring on a NZ$50 million solar PV power plant in New Zealand.

New Zealand utility Meridian Energy has received consent to build a 120MW solar PV project alongside a planned battery energy storage system (BESS).

New Zealand's government has ordered a sector review into the installation of residential and small to medium-scale solar, aiming to reduce what it describes as a "red tape nightmare" that can delay approvals for months.

Nova Energy & Meridian Energy have marked the installation of the first modules at the 400MW Te Rahui Solar Farm in Rangitāiki in New Zealand.