Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm Explained

Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm
Country:	New Zealand
Location:	Dargaville
Owner:	Tilt Renewables
Ps Units Operational:	19 (maximum)
Ps Electrical Capacity:	73 MW

The Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm is a proposed wind farm to be located in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It is expected to have a maximum capacity of 73MW and use up to 19 turbines.^[1] The wind farm will be developed by Tilt Renewables.

Tilt applied for resource consent for the wind farm - then called Omamari - in May 2021.^[1] In July 2021 Tilt signed a 20-year agreement with Genesis Energy Limited to sell the electricity from the wind-farm, which had been renamed Kaiwaikawe.^[2]

The project was granted resource consent in March 2022.^[3]

Location

The wind farm will be about 10 kilometres north-west of Dargaville.^[4]

See also

• Wind power in New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wind farm planned north of Dargaville could power 25,000 homes . New Zealand Herald . 20 May 2021 . 2 August 2021.
2. Web site: Genesis Energy and Tilt Renewables partner in 75MW Northland wind farm . New Zealand Herald . 2 August 2021 . 2 August 2021.
3. Web site: THE KAIWAIKAWE WIND FARM. . Mercury Energy . 5 September 2022.
4. Web site: Omamari Wind Farm . Tilt Renewables . 2 August 2021.