Where in new zealand are there wind turbines

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Approaching from the north, the towering wind turbines of Tilt Renewables' Waipipi development, first come into view before you hit Patea and are clearly visible from State Highway 3. The project is unusual for a New Zealand wind farm in that it is being built on flat coastal land.

The site of a former ironsands mine, project manager Stewart Reid, explained that has meant paying extra attention to the towers' foundations. They're m tall with a m diameter rotor. They are 4. Once the foundation is finished it still takes several days to put up a turbine - which, ironically, requires perfectly still conditions.

The tower goes up in six or seven lifts. You've got three tower sections to lift and the cell, a generator and then the rotor. So, I'll sell this if I can. About 10 kilometres of underground cable has been laid at Waipipi to take power from the wind turbines to an onsite substation before its transferred to the Waverley substation - and the national grid - via a series of single-pole pylons.

Former Waverley resident Mike Connell challenged the consents for the pylons, which pass in front of his old house, but he eventually gave up the fight when it got too expensive.

I wasn't going to sit there and look at the powerlines through my front lounge window. So yeah, it's a very positive thing for us. Nixon accepts wind farm developments are polarising and while some people love the look of them others won't go near them.

The megawatt wind farm - enough to power about 65, homes - is employing about people during its construction and will have a permanent staff of about six. It's due to begin generating electricity later this year and will tap into the national grid early New Zealand's largest ever wind turbines appear in Taranaki.