Contact Energy plans largest New Zealand wind farm

~ New Zealand
16 Oct 2007 ~

Contact Energy plans largest New Zealand wind farm

Contact Energy Ltd., New Zealand's biggest publicly traded energy company, may spend as much as NZ$2 billion ($1.5 billion) building the nation's largest wind farm to help reduce its reliance on gas-fired generation. The Hauauru ma raki site, near Port Waikato on the North Island, has the potential for 218 turbines with a total capacity of ... Complete story »
 

 

 

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