Renewable energy is essential to meet electricity demand in a future free of fossil fuels, and there are plenty of reasons why solar farms are a great option.

• A solar farm is a power plant of clean, renewable energy.

• It uses no water, creates no pollution, has zero emissions, and sends the energy it creates directly into the power grid. It’s low impact, high reward.

• New Zealand has a growing demand for electricity, and an urgent need to move away from our reliance on fossil fuels and reduce emissions. Clean, renewable energy is the answer.

• Solar farms are kind on the eye and the environment, utilising sometimes unproductive land without building tall, unsightly structures to generate power.

• Solar farms can also allow productive agriculture to continue, with small animals able to graze beneath a solar array on dual-use farms.