Te Uku Wind Farm
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Te Uku Wind Farm is a wind farm located at Te Uku near Raglan. It has a capacity of 64 MW[2][3] using 28 wind turbines. Construction was completed in March 2011,[4] at a cost of $200 million.[5] The farm covers an area of approximately 200 hectares (2.0 km2).[6] The wind farm is jointly owned by WEL Networks and Meridian Energy.[7]
Te Uku Wind Farm | |
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Country | New Zealand |
Location | Te Uku, near Raglan |
Coordinates | 37°52′42″S 174°57′47″E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | October 2010 (October 2010) |
Commission date | 19 November 2011 (19 November 2011) |
Construction cost | $230m |
Owner(s) | Meridian Energy and New Zealand |
Wind farm | |
Type | Onshore |
Hub height | 80 m (262 ft) |
Rotor diameter | 101 m (331 ft) |
Rated wind speed | 14–90 km/h (9–56 mph) |
Site area | 200 hectares (2.0 km2) |
Site elevation | 500m |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 28 |
Make and model | Siemens: SWT-2.3-101[1] |
Nameplate capacity | 64 MW |
External links | |
Website | www |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
Resource consent was granted in May 2008[8] and appeals were resolved by November 2008. Construction of the wind farm began in 2010.[9] Hick Bros Civil and Spartan Construction won an award for outstanding technical and environmental planning.[10] The wind farm was officially opened by Prime Minister John Key in February 2011.[11] Te Uku was fully operational on 10 March 2011.[12]
Te Uku Windfarm is controlled from Wellington where Meridian has its control centre for running all of their New Zealand Hydro and Wind generation assets.
The windfarm is linked to the national grid at Te Kowhai substation by about 17 km (11 mi) of 33 kV lines on 159[13] steel poles built on concrete pile foundations[14] and an underground cable from just west of Waitetuna Valley Rd to Cogswell Rd,[15] a total of about 25 km (16 mi).[16][17][18]