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Ardern helps turn the first sod on the Far North Solar Farm in Pukenui, alongside iwi representatives, Northland MP Willow-Jean Prime and Far North Solar Farm’s owners. However, Ardern acknowledged the difficulty of moving away from fossil fuels for electricity, particularly in dry years – like this year – when hydro lake storage is down, and the country turns to coal for its winter energy needs. “Removing fossil fuels from our electricity system is a big step, it requires major changes in the way we do things and investment in new technologies,” she said. “The problem with a hydrologically dry year [is that] what is a pretty good rate of renewable energy suffers.”
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