The Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm is a proposed wind farm to be located in the Southland region of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. It is expected to have a maximum capacity of 240MW and use up 83 turbines. It will be owned and operated by TrustPower

TrustPower

TrustPower Limited is a New Zealand electricity generation and electricity retailing company, listed on the New Zealand stock exchange.TrustPower is New Zealand's fifth largest electricity generator and the fourth largest electricity retailer , serving 260,000 customers throughout New Zealand...

.

The project received resource consent in June 2008.

Location

The wind farm will be about 15 kilometres south-east of Gore

Gore, New Zealand

Gore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...

, within an area of 2568 hectares (25.7 km²).

External links

• TrustPower - Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm