Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm

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station_name= Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm


location=Gore, New Zealand
owner= TrustPower
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fuel_type= Wind
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turbines= 83 {maximum)
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max_capacity= 240 MW
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The Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm is a proposed wind farm to be located in the Southland region of New Zealand. It is expected to have a maximum capacity of 240MW and use up 83 turbines. [cite web | title = Wind farm carbon savings 'could be worth 25m' | publisher = The Southland Times | Author = Sonia Gerken | date = 2008-04-04 | url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/4463170a6568.html | accessdate = 2008-09-24] It will be owned and operated by TrustPower.

The project received resource consent in June 2008. [cite web | title = Appeals lodged against wind farm | publisher = Otago Daily Times | Author = Glenn Conway | date = 2008-07-05 | url = http://www.odt.co.nz/the-regions/southland/12217/appeals-lodged-against-wind-farm | accessdate = 2008-09-24]

Location

The wind farm will be about 15 kilometres south-east of Gore, within an area of convert|2568|ha|km2. [http://www.trustpower.co.nz/Content/Generation/WindFarms/Kaiwera.aspx TrustPower] Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm]

ee also

*Wind power in New Zealand

References

External links

* [http://www.trustpower.co.nz/Content/Generation/WindFarms/Kaiwera.aspx TrustPower] - Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm