Press Release – LightYears
The start of construction was marked with a site blessing and sod-turning ceremony on 24 September, bringing together representatives from Lightyears, Mori investment entities, local landowners, and project partners.
Construction is underway on the 15 MW Te Aho o te Rā Solar Farm in Kuratau, near Tūrangi, being developed by Lightyears in partnership with eight local Māori land trusts, incorporations and related investment entities.
The start of construction was marked with a site blessing and sod-turning ceremony on 24 September, bringing together representatives from Lightyears, Māori investment entities, local landowners, and project partners.
The project will include approximately 24,000 solar modules across 32 hectares and is expected to generate around 23.5 GWh per annum, enough to power approximately 3,300 homes each year.
The development represents a significant co-investment in renewable energy, providing participating Māori investment entities with the opportunity to invest directly in a long-term infrastructure asset in the central North Island.
Once operational, Te Aho o te Rā Solar Farm will form part of Lightyears’ growing portfolio of distributed solar assets across New Zealand, adding new renewable generation capacity to the central North Island.
Lightyears Director and Co-founder Matt Shanks says:
“Since our first conversation with the landowners several years ago, we’ve been working on a joint venture structure that can support investment from multiple Māori investment trusts. One of our objectives when starting the business was to make it easy to invest in solar in NZ. We’re really pleased to have got to this point and to enable this co-investment alongside our Lightyears platform.”
The solar farm is expected to be completed by July 2027.
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