Hmmm, even more solar panels are being put in not far from us. These are to produce hydrogen to run vehicles — Northern Advocate, Page 3 (PDF):
A massive truckload of solar panels arrived at Ruakākā this week as Hiringa Energy pushes ahead with the construction of its next solar-to-hydrogen site. The 5ha Ruakaka project on Port Marsden Highway (SH15), built on leased land just up the road from Meridian's much larger $227 million, 130MW solar farm, is Hiringa's latest major development supporting the company's $50m growing network of clean-fuel stations across the North Island — the first in Australasia.
While Meridian's 201ha, 250,000-panel development is designed to generate grid-scale electricity — enough to power roughly half the homes in Northland — Hiringa's compact 5MW farm has a very different purpose: dedicated production of green hydrogen to help decarbonise the country's heavy vehicle fleet.
