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Snowplanet cuts power costs with 2300-panel solar installation

Auckland's indoor snow park has installed solar panels to generate 30 percent of its electricity and reduce carbon emissions.

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Snowplanet has partnered with commercial solar company Sunergise to install 2317 solar panels on a hillside at its Auckland facility. The panels now generate about 30 percent of the power needed to maintain the indoor snow park's 8000-square-metre freezer at -5°C. The project offsets 101 tonnes of carbon annually.

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Solar on the slopes: Snowplanet slashes power bill with 2317 panels

Keeping an 8000sqm freezer at -5°C isn’t cheap. Indoor snow park’s new hillside panels now generate 30 percent of its power.

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Rojie Aguilar: Snowplanet general manager on the company teaming up with Sunergise to power the slopes

Auckland's Snowplanet has partnered with one of NZ’s leading commercial solar companies, Sunergise, to produce more snow for less energy.

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