Lord of the winds: New Zealand now host to one of the largest wind farms in the southern hemisphere

✍ Scribed by David Appleyard

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 215 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1471-0846
• DOI: 10.1016/s1471-0846(04)00224-0

✦ Synopsis

xposure to the prevailing westerlies of the roaring forties gives New Zealand one of the most enviable wind regimes in the world. Despite this, until recently development of this resource has been limited to a few relatively modest projects that contributed just 36 MW to the grid. However, the past year has seen developments announced that will see New Zealand's wind capacity grow by some 360 per cent and it is now set to increase to 167 MW by the end of 2004. The latest project to come on stream, Te Apiti, is not only the