Lodestone Energy

We’ve captured Lodestone’s story in 5 minutes. Our vision for solar energy in New Zealand, our considered approach to development, and what we, alongside our partners and customers, are contributing towards the transition to a renewable energy future.  This is our story ….. #LodestoneEnergy #SolarEnergy #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #SolarFarms #NZSolarFarm The Warehouse Group | Inghams Group Limited | Infratec | New Energy | Gary Holden

We are all familiar with the adage, “Make hay while the sun shines” … well we do that too before the sheep take over. 🐑🐑🐑 #LodestoneEnergy #Waiotahe #SolarEnergy #HayBales #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #NZSolarfarm #SolarFarms ______________________________________________________________________________ Image: Lodestone Energy's Te Herenga o Te Rā solar farm in Waiotahe, Bay of Plenty

On a beautiful sun-soaked day in Edgecumbe, we welcomed Green Party MP and spokesperson for Energy Scott Willis onsite at #Rangitaiki to learn more about Lodestone’s solar farms, including our infrastructure, operations and approach to development. Amongst many topics, we aligned on the importance of onboarding communities with the benefits of solar energy infrastructure and its relatively low impact. Some of the aspects Scott appreciated: >  𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 – the right fit for the community and network availability > 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 – our close relationships with local hapū >  𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – employing locally and upskilling in a prospering industry >  𝐅𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 - visually discreet at ground level and nominal noise Thanks Scott, for taking the time to visit us and learn about what we are achieving with solar. #LodestonestoneEnergy #SolarFarms #NZSolarFarm #SolarEnergy #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand

The latest edition of #BusinessNorth includes an interesting story on our Coromandel-based solar farm project, Pāmu Rā ki Whitianga, which is progressing nicely. We have just completed the ‘Golden Row’, which marks the end of piling and the mechanical completion of the first row, including trackers and mounted modules. The #GoldenRow is an important milestone as it sets the standard for the installation of the remaining 630 trackers and ~53,000 modules. Thank you, Connell Contractors, Infratec and New Energy, for the quality work to date. You can read the full #BusinessNorth article here: https://lnkd.in/g6hTfh-z. #LodestoneEnergy #Lodestone #SolarEnergy #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #SolarFarms #NZSolarFarm #Whitianga Waterford Press Ltd

As February draws to an end, so does our time with our three ace interns, Emily Rampton, Jeremy Muldoon and Asti Wallace. This year, our program expanded to include a finance internship alongside two positions within our engineering team. For Julian Lampen, one of our 2024 interns, last year’s mahi paid off. After graduating from the University of Canterbury with an Honours degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Julian has hit the ground running in his new full-time role as a Graduate Engineer. It’s great to see so much enthusiasm for renewables and talent coming through. We hope our interns leave full of practical knowledge, new skills and, importantly, inspiration to join the industry. Read about their experience here: https://lnkd.in/gAsEFNi9 If you are a tertiary student interested in a summer internship with Lodestone, check back mid-year for more information on opportunities we have available. #LodestoneEnergy #NZSolarFarm #RenewableEnergy #SolarEnergy #NZInternship #EnergyInternship #Interns

BusinessDesk NZ recently ran an opinion piece from our Managing Director, Gary Holden, sharing his insights on the 2024 electricity market, what aspects are working well and what lies ahead. Gary has an optimistic outlook on the state of New Zealand's electricity market.   "𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 – 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺; 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘕𝘡’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 – 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘸-𝘵𝘰-𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳-𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”   Read the full article:  https://lnkd.in/gsVVNwmK More news from Lodestone: https://lnkd.in/gpQTr_6z #LodestoneEnergy #Lodestone #Opinion #NZElectricityMarket #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy #NZSolarFarm #SolarFarms

This week, we celebrated reaching a 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲, tipping over 𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 (MWh) of new solar electricity delivered to New Zealand’s energy market since we began generating in late 2023. Putting this into perspective, this equates to 𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗸𝗪𝗵, which can power approximately 𝟭𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟬 New Zealand households over a year*.  We’re learning a lot from operating New Zealand’s first utility-scale solar farms, Kohirā (33 MWp) and Rangitaiki (32 MWp), which we are applying to our third and largest solar farm which recently started generating, Te Herenga o Te Rā.  With more projects in the pipeline, Lodestone continues to deliver solar projects at pace, accelerating New Zealand towards its carbon-zero goal. #LodestoneEnergy #SolarEnergy #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #NZSolarFarm #SolarFarms #GenerationMilestone * 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 2014-2023 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦.𝘯𝘻 

Congratulations to New Zealand’s new Energy Minister, Hon. Simon Watts. New Zealand is on the cusp of a massive transition to a more secure, competitive and lower-cost renewable energy system. We’re looking forward to working with the Minister and his team to deliver it. ________________________ Image: Hon. Simon Watts learning about the technology that underpins Lodestone's solar farms while on a tour of Te Herenga o Te Rā in Waiotahe - Nov 2023  #LodestoneEnergy #SolarEnergy #SolarPower #NZSolarFarms #EnergyMinister

Over the holidays our Managing Director, Gary Holden sat down with Dita De Boni from The Post to discuss the future of solar energy and Lodestone’s plans for 2025 and beyond.     The article reflects on the current state of the energy sector before looking ahead to how advancements in efficiency and affordability are making solar more accessible to both businesses and consumers.    Gary also shares Lodestone’s plan to have 18 operational #solarfarms across New Zealand, aiming to power as many townships as possible with solar energy.    We’re on the cusp of a renewable energy revolution, and solar will be at the heart of it.   Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gYcwDtzY #LodestoneEnergy #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy | Stuff

Today we are celebrating reaching another significant milestone. Our third and largest solar farm to date, Te Herenga o Te Rā has started generating. Located in Waiotahe, Bay of Plenty, the farm will generate approximately 69 GWh of clean renewable electricity annually from over 71,600 high-efficiency bifacial solar panels – enough to power nearly 10,000 homes a year! Huge thanks to our customers, construction partners and local community who have all contributed to this success. Check out our full story: https://lnkd.in/gysa_kPj Infratec, New Energy, OBERTECH LTD, Power Electronics, Connell Contractors #LodestoneEnergy #TeHerengaOTeRā #NZSolarFarm #SolarPower #SolarEnergy