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National says it will make it much easier and faster to build new wind, solar, and geothermal power stations by cutting through the paperwork and delays. They want to double New Zealand's renewable electricity so more of the economy — like transport and industry — can run on clean power instead of coal. They say they are committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
“A new wind farm can take ten years to complete – eight years to obtain resource consent, and two years to build.”
“National is committed to meeting New Zealand's climate change targets and the Net Zero by 2050 target, including by reducing agricultural emissions through new technology.”
“National will turbo-charge new renewable power projects including solar, wind and geothermal by requiring decisions on resource consents to be issued in one year and consents to last for 35 years.”
Summarised neutrally from National’s own official policy (as at 2026-07-16) and checked by an editor. Nothing is paraphrased without the source linked. Read the original ↗ Politika is non-partisan. Compare all parties on Climate →
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