Northland's high sunshine hours and high electricity prices - in some parts of the region up to 30 per cent higher the national average - make solar energy a smart way to beat rising power prices.
While many Kiwis love the idea going solar, the price of installing a system has put them off.
Now solarcity, New Zealand's leading energy services company, has a smart new way of going solar without the cost of the panels or a battery, if it's needed.
The company's solarZero energy service is an affordable way to buy clean solar energy, generated on your roof by solar panels that the company owns and manages.
You simply pay a low, fixed monthly fee for its service that provides solar energy and improved home energy efficiency for the next 20 years.