Project West Wind
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West Wind is a wind farm located at Terawhiti Station and Mākara, west of Wellington, New Zealand.
It is the first wind farm for the capital city, and has a capacity of 143 MW.[1] Construction of the wind farm project began in September 2007[2] and was completed in late 2009.[3] The wind farm received resource consent for up to 66 turbines,[4] however only 62 were installed.[5] It is owned and operated by Meridian Energy.
The wind farm was officially opened in April 2009, when Prime Minister John Key turned on the first 15 turbines.[6] Electricity from the farm is stepped-up to 110 kV and is injected into Transpower's national grid via hard tee connections into two of the three Central Park to Wilton circuits (both circuits of the Central Park - Wilton B Line).
Six turbines suffered premature bearing failures in 2011.[7]
The wind farm was the winner of the Energy and Resources category in the 2012 New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards.[8]
In September 2019 Meridian celebrated 10 years of generation with the Mākara and Wellington community at the recreation area.[9]
See also
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