Te Uku Wind Farm
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| Te Uku Wind Farm | |
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.jpg) The wind farm in June 2011 |
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| Country | New Zealand |
| Location | Te Uku, near Raglan |
| Coordinates | 37°52′42″S 174°57′47″E / 37.87833°S 174.96306°ECoordinates: 37°52′42″S 174°57′47″E / 37.87833°S 174.96306°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Owner(s) | Meridian Energy and WEL Networks |
| Power station information | |
| Primary fuel | Wind |
| Generation units | 28 |
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| Maximum capacity | 64 MW |
Te Uku Wind Farm is a wind farm at Te Uku near Raglan, New Zealand. It has a capacity of 64MW[1][2] using 28 wind turbines. Construction was completed in March 2011,[3] at a cost of $200 million.[4] The farm covers an area of approximately 200 hectares (2.0 km2)[5]. The wind farm is jointly owned by WEL Networks and Meridian Energy.[6]
Resource consent was granted in May 2008[7] and appeals were resolved by November 2008. Construction of the wind farm began in 2010.[8] The wind farm was officially opened by the Prime Minister in February 2011.[9] Te Uku was fully operational on 10 March 2011.[10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Project Te Uku". Meridian Energy. http://www.meridianenergy.co.nz/OurProjects/Project+Te+Uku/.
- ^ "Introduction and fact sheet". WEL Networks. http://www.wel.co.nz/index.asp?pageID=2145861987. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Gala Day Celebrates Completion Of Te Uku Wind Farm" (Press release). Meridian Energy. 23 March 2011. http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/gala-day-celebrates-completion-te-uku-wind-farm/5/86126.
- ^ Bradley, Grant (16 October 2009). "Meridian Energy to build 64 megawatt Raglan wind farm". NZ Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10603435.
- ^ "WEL wind park resource consent application". WEL Networks Ltd. http://www.wel.co.nz/files/Wind%20Generation/2.WDC%20applicationProjectDescription.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ "Wind Park Update". WEL Networks Ltd. 2008-09-17. http://www.wel.co.nz/files/Wind%20Generation/WindParkUpdateSept08finalcopy.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Wind farm bid a winner". Waikato Times. 2008-05-30. http://www.mercury.co.nz/News/news_story.aspx?id=963. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ "First turbine goes up at Te Uku wind farm" (Press release). Meridian Energy. 3 November 2010. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1011/S00106/first-turbine-goes-up-at-te-uku-wind-farm.htm. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ Holloway, Bruce (10 February 2011). "PM blown away by wind farm". http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4641295/PM-blown-away-by-wind-farm. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Construction of Te Uku wind farm complete" (Press release). Meridian Energy. 31 March 2011. http://www.meridianenergy.co.nz/about-us/news/media-releases/2011/construction-of-te-uku-wind-farm-complete/. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
[edit] External links
- Meridian Energy - Project Te Uku
- WEL Networks - Wind Generation
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