Story: Wind and solar power
Solar panels have been used to heat the water at the Eastbourne swimming pool, near Wellington, since 1981. Although it was expensive to buy and install the panels, the pool committee preferred solar heating because of the high ongoing cost of electricity.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1981/3783/8-F
Photograph by Merv Griffiths
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.