Tararua Wind Farm

Tararua Wind Farm

Infobox_Power_Station
station_name=Tararua Wind Farm


location= Tararua Ranges, New Zealand
owner= Trustpower
status=
fuel_type= Wind
mine_type=
conveyance=
cooling_water=
technology=
combined_cycle=
turbines= 134
reciprocating_engines=
pumped_storage=
max_capacity=160MW
commissioned=Stage 1 - 1999Stage 2 - 2004

Stage 3 - 2007
decommissioned=
extra=

The Tararua Wind Farm is a wind farm owned and operated by TrustPower. It is located on convert|700|ha|km2 of farm land on the Tararua Ranges of New Zealand. It has become New Zealand's largest capacity wind farm with a total capacity of 160MW. [ [http://www.trustpower.co.nz/Content/Generation/WindFarms/Tararua.aspx Tararua Wind Farm] TrustPower]

The wind farm was first commissioned in 1999 and has been upgraded twice since. The most recent addition was comissioned in September 2007.

The wind farm consists of 134 turbines of two different types:
*103 Vestas V47 turbines, each rated at 660kW with three 23.5 metre long blades. [" [http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0709/S00153.htm TrustPower Celebrates New Wind Farm High] " Scoop, 13 September 2007] Each turbine is mounted on a 40 metre high steel lattice tower. [ [http://www.eastbridge.co.nz/site/story.asp?storyID=62 Tararua Wind Farm] Eastbridge]
*31 Vestas V90-3MW turbines, each rated at 3MW with three 45 metre long blades.

References

ee also

*Te Apiti Wind Farm
*Te Rere Hau Wind Farm
*Wind farm
*Wind power in New Zealand

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