Type Onshore Owner Tilt Renewables | Status Operational Site area 7 kmĀ² | |
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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:
Helicopter at the tararua wind farm
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Tararua Wind Farm Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA