A potential solar power farm could help reduce heating costs for 400 low income houses in Flaxmere.
The project, Power to the People, is run through St Andrew’s Church in Hastings, and is proposing building a two-hectare Photovoltaic (PV) solar farm on the outskirts of the suburb.
Project Manager Chris Lambourne said the project would help around 1500 individuals in 400 houses stay warm over winter.
“The people who we are going to be engaging with would be people who have health issues and are on social benefits, people with the worst indicators of social deprivation.”
Photo: The proposed solar farm could help 1500 people stay warm over winter. 
For more on this and other great Hawke’s Bay stories go to hawkesbaytoday.co.nz Posted: 20 June 2019