Lauriston Solar Farm

The Lauriston Solar Farm is a photovoltaic power station under construction at Lauriston in Canterbury. The farm will be owned by a joint venture between Genesis Energy Limited and FRV Australia. When complete the farm will cover 93 ha and generate 63 MW of electricity. At the time of its announcement it was expected to be the largest solar farm in the country when complete.

The project was originally announced by HES Aotearoa, who obtained resource consent in June 2022. The project was then brought by a joint venture between Genesis Energy and FRV Australia in February 2023. Construction was announced in January 2024, when Genesis signed a ten-year electricity purchase agreement for the farm. A sod-turning ceremony was held in April 2024, and the farm was expected to be generating electricity by the end of the year.

In May 2024 Genesis signed a ten year power supply contract with Spark New Zealand which would see Spark take all power from the solar farm.