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Tararua Wind Farm

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Country
  
New Zealand

Type
  
Onshore

Owner
  
Tilt Renewables

Status
  
Operational

Site area
  
7 km²

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Location
  
Tararua Ranges, east of Palmerston North

Commission date
  
1999 (stage 1) 2004 (stage 2) 2007 (stage 3)

Rotor diameter
  
47 metres (154 ft) (V47) 90 metres (295 ft) (V90)

Tararua wind farm new zealand


The Tararua Wind Farm is a wind farm owned and operated by Tilt Renewables. It is located on 700 hectares (1,730 acres) of farm land on the Tararua Ranges of New Zealand. It has become New Zealand's largest capacity wind farm, with a total capacity of 160 megawatts (215,000 hp).

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The wind farm was first commissioned in 1999 and has been upgraded twice since. The most recent addition was commissioned in September 2007.

The wind farm consists of 134 turbines of two different types:

  • 103 Vestas V47 turbines, each rated at 660 kilowatts (900 hp), with three 23.5-metre-long (77.1 ft) blades. Each turbine is mounted on a 40-metre-high (131 ft) steel lattice tower.
  • 31 Vestas V90-3MW turbines, each rated at 3 megawatts (4,000 hp) with three 45-metre-long (148 ft) blades.

    • Helicopter at the tararua wind farm


    References

    Tararua Wind Farm Wikipedia
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