New Zealand has 19 wind farms either operating or under construction. These wind farms currently have a combined installed capacity of 622 MW and supply nearly 5% of New Zealand’s annual electricity generation. With the addition of Mill Creek, which will be commissioned in 2014 and Flat Hill, which is due to be commissioned in 2015, wind generation will have a capacity of around 689 MW sourced from 490 turbines.
| Wind Farm |
Operator | Region | No. of Turbines |
Capacity (MW) |
Comm- ission Date |
| Brooklyn | Meridian | Wellington | 1 | Turbine: 0.23 Farm: 0.23 |
1993 |
| Gebbies Pass |
Windflow | Canterbury | 1 | Turbine: 0.5 Farm: 0.5 |
2003 |
| Hau Nui (Stage 1) |
Genesis | Wairarapa | 7 |
Turbine: 0.55 Farm: 3.9 |
1996 |
| Hau Nui (Stage 2) |
Genesis | Wairarapa | 8 |
Turbine: 0.6 Farm: 4.8 |
2004 |
| Southbridge | Energy3 | Canterbury | 1 | Turbine: 0.1 Farm: 0.1 |
2005 |
| Tararua (Stage 1) |
TrustPower | Manawatu | 48 | Turbine: 0.66 Farm: 31.7 |
1999 |
| Tararua (Stage 2) |
TrustPower | Manawatu | 55 | Turbine: 0.66 Farm: 36.3 |
2004 |
| Tararua (Stage 3) |
TrustPower | Manawatu | 31 | Turbine: 3.0 Farm: 93.0 |
2007 |
| Te Apiti |
Meridian | Manawatu | 55 | Turbine: 1.65 Farm: 90.8 |
2004 |
| Te Rere Hau |
NZ Windfarms |
Manawatu | 97 | Turbine: 0.5 Farm: 48.5 |
2006, 2008-2011 |
| White Hill |
Meridian | Southland | 29 | Turbine: 2.0 Farm: 58.0 |
2007 |
| West Wind |
Meridian | Wellington | 62 | Turbine: 2.3 Farm: 142.6 |
2009 |
| Horseshoe Bend |
Pioneer Generation |
Central Otago |
3 | Turbine: 0.75 Farm: 2.25 |
2009 |
| Weld Cone |
Energy3 | Marlborough | 3 | Turbine: 0.25 Farm: 0.75 |
2010 |
| Chatham Islands |
CBD Energy / Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust |
Chatham Islands |
2 | Turbine: 0.23 Farm: 0.46 |
2010 |
| Lulworth | Energy3 | Marlborough | 4 | Turbine: 0.25 Farm: 1.0 |
2011 |
| Te Uku |
Meridian | Waikato | 28 | Turbine: 2.3 Farm: 64.4 |
2011 |
| Mahinerangi | TrustPower | Clutha | 12 | Turbine: 3.0 Farm: 36.0 |
2011 |
| Mt Stuart |
Pioneer Generation |
Clutha | 9 | Turbine: 0.85 Farm: 7.65 |
2011 |
| Mill Creek |
Meridian | Wellington | 26 | Turbine: 2.3 Farm: 59.8 |
2014 |
| Lake Grassmere |
Energy3 | Marlborough | 1 | Turbine: 0.66 |
2014 |
| Flat Hill |
Pioneer Generation |
Bluff | 8 | Turbine: Farm: 6.8 |
2015 |
| Total now operating |
456 | Total: 622.8 | |||
| Total under construction |
34 | Total: 66.6 |
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| Total | 490 | Total: 689.4 |
Other wind farms constructed by NZ companies
| Wind Farm |
Operator | Region | No. of Turbines |
Capacity (MW) |
Comm- ission Date |
| Ross Island |
Meridian | Antarctica | 3 | Turbine: 0.33 Farm: 0.99 |
2010 |
| Westray |
Windflow UK |
Scotland | 1 | Turbine: 0.5 Farm: 0.5 |
2013 |