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Lightyears Solar aims for 200MW of solar farms in next five years

Two Auckland Grammar School entrepreneur ‘old boys’ co-founded the solar farm company.

Lightyears Solar co-founders Matt Shanks & Sean Tobin speak with Fiona Rotherham.

Matt Shanks and Sean Tobin are co-founders of Lightyears Solar, which is aiming to build 200MW of solar PV farms connected to New Zealand’s distribution networks within the next decade.

They’ve just raised $1 million in a seed round and are already planning a $10m second raise for later this

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Fiona Rotherham Wed, 17 May 2023
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