Commercial and agricultural solar, South Island
Own your power.
Lower the cost of making things.
Involve Energy designs solar and battery systems for farms, orchards, wineries and processors, arranges the financing so up-front cost is often zero, and manages certified local crews to install them. You trade a rising power bill for an owned asset.
4 to 7 years
typical modelled payback on well-matched sites
25+ years
productive life of the asset you own
20%
immediate Investment Boost tax deduction, no value cap
Not an installer. The layer that makes the decision easy.
We win you the right system at the right price: independent modelling, the financing stack, and project management of SEANZ-certified installers, end to end.
Independent feasibility
Send twelve months of power bills and we model system size, generation against your actual load, cost, savings and payback. If the numbers do not stack up for your site, we say so plainly.
Financing that makes it a yes
We stack the Investment Boost deduction with green and interest-free business lending, sized so the repayment sits at or below your current bill wherever the numbers support it.
Delivery and monitoring
SEANZ-certified local crews install; we manage approvals, certification and programme. Once live, we monitor performance and report your savings against the model, year after year.
Every reason to say no, taken seriously.
Productive businesses are rightly sceptical of solar pitches. Here is how we answer the six objections we hear most.
It costs too much up front.
The Investment Boost deduction plus green or interest-free business lending often takes the up-front cost to zero. You buy an asset, not a subscription.
The repayments will hurt cashflow.
We size finance so the monthly repayment sits at or below your current power bill wherever the numbers support it, and we show you plainly when they do not.
I don't trust solar companies.
We are not an installer with a quota. Independent modelling on your own bills, SEANZ-certified local crews, and real, cited references.
Will it actually perform?
Modelled against twelve months of your bills before you commit, then monitored after commissioning with savings reported against the model.
It's too complicated.
Loan paperwork, lines company approval, electrical certification and installer management handled. You sign once.
What about the payback?
Four to seven years on well-matched sites, with a twenty-five year asset behind it, modelled on your numbers before you spend anything.
How it works
- 1
Send your bills
Twelve months of power bills tells us your load, tariff and seasonality. That is all we need to start.
- 2
Get the model
An independent feasibility study on your numbers: system size, cost, savings, payback and the financing stack.
- 3
Sign once
We arrange the lending, the lines company approval and the certified installer. One signature, one point of accountability.
- 4
Own the asset
Your system, your power, your savings report. We monitor it for the life of the asset.
Built for your operation
Central Otago
Orchards, packhouses and cold stores
Cooling load that peaks with the country’s best sunshine. The strongest economics we model anywhere.
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Marlborough and Central Otago
Wineries and vineyards
Dedicated page coming soon. The calculator and feasibility studies already cover wineries today.
Canterbury and Southland
Dairy and irrigation
Dedicated page coming soon. The calculator and feasibility studies already cover farms today.
See your indicative numbers now
Thirty seconds, no contact details needed. Conservative assumptions, fully disclosed.
Your indicative numbers
Conservative, ex GST, modelled not promised
System size
69 kW
Sized to your daytime load
Installed cost
$108,823 to $148,646
Confirmed with certified installers
Investment Boost, year one
about $7,209
A 20% immediate tax deduction, worth this in cash at the 28% company rate. Not a discount.
Estimated annual saving
$18,779 to $22,257
80% of generation used on site
Indicative payback
4.5 to 7.5 years
Net of the Investment Boost benefit
Asset life
25+ years
Panels keep producing long after payback
ASB Smart Solar Loan: 0% for 5 years
Your current bill
$4,000/month
Loan repayment
$2,146/month
Estimated saving
$1,710/month
Reverts to a floating business rate after five years.
On these numbers the monthly repayment of $2,146 sits at or below your current bill of $4,000 while the loan runs, and the power keeps getting cheaper after it ends.
How this is modelled (assumptions v2026-06-v3)
- Power valued at $0.25 to $0.30/kWh ex GST (savings are never valued at the top of the commercial tariff range).
- Export credited at $0.08/kWh, the conservative end of current buy-back rates.
- Installed cost interpolated from 30 kW ($1,800 to $2,600/kW) down to 500 kW ($1,100 to $1,500/kW), 2025/26 working ranges.
- Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes yield modelled at 1260 kWh per kW per year.
- Self-consumption capped by your daytime usage profile and held below typical vendor claims; sizing targets 90 percent of daytime load.
- Investment Boost stated as the year-one cash value of the 20 percent immediate deduction at the 28 percent company rate. It is a tax timing benefit, not a discount.
- No power price escalation and no panel degradation in simple payback; omitting escalation outweighs degradation, so the net effect is conservative.
Indicative only; not financial or tax advice. The feasibility study models your site from twelve months of actual bills.
Get these numbers checked properly
The real model is built from twelve months of your bills. Send your details and we will do it for you; we reply within one working day, no obligation.
A rising bill, or an owned asset. Run your numbers.
Independent feasibility modelled from your own power bills, the financing stack arranged, and certified local crews to build it.