Sunergy Solar - Halfmoon Bay School - Rakiura Stewart Island
In 2021 Sunergy worked with Halfmoon Bay School/ Te Kura o Rakiura to install a 19kW
solar power system including battery storage. The system has dramatically reduced energy
consumption, increased our energy resilience, helped us begin our journey of replacing non
renewable energy sources and reduced our carbon emissions.
Reducing reliance on fossil fuels fits particularly well with our school where the curriculum
has a strong emphasis on our local natural environment. Halfmoon Bay School/ Te Kura o
Rakiura is a silver EnviroSchool, committed to a long-term sustainability journey where our
students connect with and explore their environment, then plan, design and take action in
collaboration with the community. The installation of a (system) monitoring screen in our
school office and the work Andy and the team from Sunergy are doing around educating our
students means they can not only watch power being generated in real time but have an
understanding of the whole process.
We are totally rapt with the new system and can’t recommend Andy and the team highly
enough. From the initial planning and help with funding applications to the installation and
ongoing commitment to the Island and the education of our future rate payers they have been
outstanding.
Nga mihi
Kath Johnson
Teaching Principal
