About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of solar power as an investment opportunity in New Zealand, featuring insights from Mike Casey of Electric Cherries.

Solar power is all the talk right now, especially after supply chains started creating pressure on petrol prices earlier this year. But is it all hype? Or is there genuinely an incredible opportunity for us to harness the sun and go electric here in New Zealand? Today Im speaking with Mike Casey, founder of Electric Cherries, a cherry orchard in Cromwell powered entirely by electricity and solar. We discuss the truth about solar, how it can be finances, what kiwis need to know about it and what the future holds. When it comes to investing, everyone is focused on the stock market, crypto or the housing ponzi, but could this be an opportunity sitting right in front of us? Find Mike: https://www.instagram.com/electricorchardist/ Amy from http://Levridge.co.nz has come on as a sponsor of Keep The Change to help people with their financial planning. Stuck? Find Amy : amy@levridge.co.nz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy.levridge Website: https://www.levridge.co.nz Generate are supporting my vision to improve the financial literacy of 100,000 kiwis by sponsoring Keep The Change. Cheers Generate. Head to https://www.generatewealth.co.nz/change/ to find out more. Hosted on Acast…

People in this episode

Host: unknown

Guest: Mike Casey

Topics covered

• solar power
• investment
• financial planning
• renewable energy
• New Zealand
• electricity

Keywords

• solar investment
• New Zealand solar
• Electric Cherries
• financial planning
• renewable energy

Sponsors

Levridge, Generate

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Electric Cherries

Places: New Zealand, Cromwell

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