Meridian Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generator and retailer. The company generates the largest proportion of New Zealand's electricity, generating 35 percent of the country's electricity in the year ending December 2014, and is the fourth largest retailer, with 14 percent of market share in terms of customers as of December 2015.
The Makara Guardians Inc. is an incorporated society formed in 1997 to coordinate opposition to proposals to build wind turbines near where the members live. Mākara is a rural locality 10 km west of Wellington, New Zealand. The Makara Guardians represents some 85% of the families in the Mākara Valley, and consists of around 160 members. Membership is restricted to residents or owners of land in Mākara who support the objectives of the Society and who are aged over 18.
The Transmission Gully Motorway is a 27-kilometre (17 mi) four-lane motorway under construction in Wellington, New Zealand. Construction officially began on 8 September 2014 and completion was originally scheduled for April 2020, but has been delayed to later in 2020.
Te Rere Hau is a wind farm owned and operated by New Zealand Windfarms Ltd. It is situated on the Tararua Ranges, approximately 11 km east of Palmerston North in New Zealand.
Wind power in New Zealand generates a small but growing proportion of the country's electricity. As of December 2017, wind power accounts for 690 MW of installed capacity and over 5 percent of electricity generated in the country.
Windflow Technology is a company based in Christchurch, New Zealand known for its unique wind turbine gearbox design and two-bladed turbines.
The proposed Crows Nest Wind Farm, will be located in south-eastern Queensland, 40 kilometres north of Toowoomba. It initially was to have an installed generating capacity of 124 MW that would produce intermittent electricity that could power some 47,000 homes during periods of high wind. It is expected that the wind farm will create 460 manufacturing and construction jobs and a further 15 full-time maintenance jobs in Crows Nest. The Crows Nest location on the western edge of the Darling Downs, offers some of the best average wind speeds available in Queensland, and the project will provide additional security of electricity supply in this fast-growing area.
Hauāuru mā raki is a proposed wind farm development on the Waikato coast of New Zealand.
The Waitahora Wind Farm was a proposed renewable energy project in New Zealand planned by Contact Energy but which has now been abandoned without construction beginning. This development was proposed to be located on the Puketoi Range which forms one side of the picturesque Waitahora Valley, near Dannevirke in Southern Hawke’s Bay.
Turitea Wind Farm is an approved wind farm being developed by Mercury Energy. Most of the land is located in the Turitea Reserve, near Turitea, in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The project was initially planned for 131 wind turbines with a capacity of over 300 MW, with final approval of 60 turbines or 180 MW.
Project Hayes was a controversial wind farm proposed for the Lammermoor Range of Otago, New Zealand. The project was developed by Meridian Energy from 2006 to 2012 at a cost of $8.9 million.
West Wind is a wind farm located at Terawhiti Station and Mākara, west of Wellington, New Zealand.
Mill Creek Wind Farm is a wind farm in the Ohariu Valley near Wellington, New Zealand.
Te Uku Wind Farm is a wind farm at Te Uku near Raglan, New Zealand. It has a capacity of 64MW using 28 wind turbines. Construction was completed in March 2011, at a cost of $200 million. The farm covers an area of approximately 200 hectares (2.0 km2). The wind farm is jointly owned by WEL Networks and Meridian Energy.
The Hawkes Bay Wind Farm is a proposed wind farm for construction in the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand.
The Puketiro Wind Farm is a renewable energy project being developed by the Greater Wellington Regional Council on Puketiro Forest land owned by the council near Pauatahanui, north of Wellington, New Zealand. After a tender process in 2006, RES NZ Ltd was selected to develop the project.
The Titiokura/Te Waka Wind Farm is a proposed wind farm project originally planned by Unison Networks and Roaring 40s, but now by Meridian Energy. The planned site is adjacent to SH5 in the Te Pohue - Titiokura area, 35 km west of Napier, New Zealand.
The Macarthur Wind Farm is a wind farm located in Macarthur, Victoria, Australia, near Hamilton, 260 km west of Melbourne. It is on a 5,500 ha site which has an installed capacity of 420 megawatts (MW). Based on a capacity factor of around 35%, it is estimated that the long-term average generation will be approximately 1,250 GWh per year. The energy produced annually by a wind farm varies year-to-year, and during FY2015 the farm produced 977.9 GWh.
Project Hurunui is a proposed wind farm located between Omihi and Greta Valley in north Canterbury, New Zealand. Meridian Energy is developing the wind farm, which is planned to produce up to 75.9 MW from 2014.
