Back Issues: NZ's off-grid frontier began here

Description

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The Remote Area Power Supply Systems (or RAPS) project in the late 1990s aimed to establish a small-scale independent energy system capable of powering a family home in a remote location. The article describes how this specific project for a property in the Kahuterawa Valley grew into an extended programme setting up the growth of this alternative energy industry in New Zealand.

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Image

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Born digital

Relation

Manawatū Standard

Date

March 23, 2024

Digitisation id

2024Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_042047

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Born Digital

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IMCA Digital Archive