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Energy sites in New Zealand

139 battery, solar and wind sites in New Zealand, each with its status, its size and any incident on the register that names it. 26 operating, 3 being built, 92 in planning, 18 refused, withdrawn or closed.

Battery storageSolarOnshore windOffshore windFaded: refused, withdrawn or closed

Sites with incidents on the register

• Tararua wind farmOnshore wind · 221 MW · Operational · 2 incidents

By region

• Auckland 3
• Canterbury 3
• Gisborne Region 1
• Hawke's Bay 1
• Manawatu-Whanganui 8
• Manawatū-Whanganui 2
• Manawatū-Whanganui region 1
• New Zealand 1
• North Island 20
• Northern Island 1
• Northland 3
• Northland Region 1
• Otago 1
• Otago Region 1
• South Island 9
• Southland 3
• Taranaki 6
• Tararua District 1
• Waikato 9
• Wellington 4

Region not given

• Helensville solar farmSolar · 50 MW · Cancelled (shelved)
• Edgecumbe (Lodestone Energy) solar farmSolar · 35 MW · Operational
• Te Herenga o Te Rā solar farmSolar · 42 MW · Operational
• Ruakaka solar farmSolar · 130 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Maranga Ra solar farmSolar · 26 MW · Cancelled (shelved)
• Kōwhai solar farmSolar · 170 MW · Under construction
• Lauriston solar farmSolar · 63 MW · Operational
• Albury solar farmSolar · 20 MW · Planned (announced)
• Argyle solar farmSolar · 65 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Auckland solar farmSolar · 100 MW · Cancelled (shelved)
• Wairarapa solar farmSolar · 100 MW · Planned (announced)
• Hawkes Bay Airport solar farmSolar · 24 MW · Planned (announced)
• Leeston solar farmSolar · 175 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Naseby solar farmSolar · 50 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Ongaonga solar farmSolar · 100 MW · Planned (announced)
• Skinner Road solar farmSolar · 32 MW · Planned (announced)
• Thames solar farmSolar · 120 MW · Cancelled (shelved)
• Three Streams solar farmSolar · 32 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Bridge Street solar farmSolar · 55 MW · Planned (announced)
• Twin Rivers solar farmSolar · 24 MW · Operational
• Whakatāne solar farmSolar · 127 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Hauāuru Mā Raki wind farmOnshore wind · 540 MW · Cancelled
• Kaimai wind farmOnshore wind · 100 MW · Planned (permitted)
• South Taranaki Bight (Taranaki Offshore Partners) offshore wind farmOffshore wind · 2000 MW · Planned (announced)
• Southland wind farmOnshore wind · 300 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Waikato (BlueFloat) offshore wind farmOffshore wind · 1935 MW · Cancelled
• Waiuku wind farmOnshore wind · 80 MW · Cancelled (shelved)
• White Hill (New Zealand) wind farmOnshore wind · 58 MW · Operational
• Marlborough wind farmOnshore wind · 100 MW · Planned (announced)
• Kaihiku wind farmOnshore wind · 300 MW · Planned (announced)
• Maniototo Plain solar farmSolar · 300 MW · Cancelled (shelved)
• Stratford solar farmSolar · 170 MW · Planned (announced)
• Foxton (SolarGen) solar farmSolar · 180 MW · Planned (announced)
• Annie's Way solar farmSolar · 75 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Balmoral Station solar farmSolar · 88 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Black Point (New Zealand) solar farmSolar · 182 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Rotokawa solar farmSolar · 105 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Huirangi solar farmSolar · 100 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Hinuera solar farmSolar · 110 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Swannanoa solar farmSolar · 200 MW · Planned (announced)
• Norwood solar farmSolar · 100 MW · Planned (announced)
• Somerton solar farmSolar · 30 MW · Planned (announced)
• South Taranaki offshore wind farmOffshore wind · 900 MW · Cancelled
• South Taranaki Bight (Oceanex) offshore wind farmOffshore wind · 1000 MW · Planned (announced)
• South Taranaki Bight (Energy Quarry Zealandia) offshore wind farmOffshore wind · 1000 MW · Planned (announced)
• South Taranaki Bight (Parkwind) offshore wind farmOffshore wind · 1000 MW · Planned (announced)
• Taranaki Bight offshore wind farmOffshore wind · 1000 MW · Planned (announced)
• Waikato (Oceanex) offshore wind farmOffshore wind · 1000 MW · Planned (announced)
• Waikato (Taranaki Offshore Wind Partners) offshore wind farmOffshore wind · 1000 MW · Planned (announced)
• Kurow wind farmOnshore wind · 130 MW · Planned (announced)
• Waikokowai wind farmOnshore wind · 180 MW · Planned (permitted)
• Waitōtara wind farmOnshore wind · 350 MW · Planned (announced)
• Awarua wind farmOnshore wind · 42 MW · Planned (announced)
• Motorimu wind farmOnshore wind · 110 MW · Planned (announced)
• Waiinu solar farmSolar · 100 MW · Planned (announced)
• Hai NuiOnshore wind · 7 MW · Operational
• MahinerangiOnshore wind · 36 MW · Operational
• West WindOnshore wind · 143 MW · Operational
• Mill CreekOnshore wind · 59.8 MW · Operational
• White HillOnshore wind · 58 MW · Operational

Source: Global Energy Monitor, Global Solar Power Tracker and Global Wind Power Tracker, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: Global Power Plant Database v1.3.0, World Resources Institute, licensed under CC BY 4.0.