Waipipi Wind Farm

[2] The 4.3 MW machines are the largest wind turbines installed in New Zealand.

[9] The turbine components were shipped from Denmark and China, arriving at Port Taranaki in May 2020.

[11][12] The first four turbines were commissioned and started contributing power to the national grid on 16 November 2020.

[1] The wind farm uses 31 Siemens Gamesa turbines, each with a 130 m rotor diameter and rated at 4.3 MW.

[8] An 11 km (7 mi) transmission line connects the wind farm to the national grid at Transpower's Waverley substation.