The Project

The proposal is to build a utility scale ‘wind farm’ on a well defined ridgeline 10km south of Taharoa in the Waitomo District. Twenty two turbines will be constructed, each with a maximum tip height of 110m.  

The power output of the turbines will be nominally 2.0MW, giving a total power rating of 44MW, depending on the final turbine choice. This is equivalent to the power demand of approximately 14,000 households.  

Wind monitoring has been conducted using 25m, 40m and 55m monitoring masts and is on-going.

Previous Project

An application was made to the Waitomo District Council and to Environment Waikato for a 25 turbine project in March 2005. This project was withdrawn from the application process on 14 November 2005. Notable differences with the modified project are:

The principal reason for the modifications is to improve the project economics.

Benefits