Onshore wind · New Zealand
Tararua wind farm
Operational221 MWChecked 8 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 20 February 2025
Incidents on the register at this site
2 incidents at Tararua wind farm, from 2021 to 2026. Oldest first.
- Wind turbine fire on Tararua Range prompts investigation
- Turbine fire takes half of Tararua wind farm offline for hours
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The site
- Technology
- Onshore wind
- Capacity
- 221 MW
- Status
- Operational (Operating)
- Operator
- Mercury Energy
- Owner
- Mercury Energy [100%]
- Location
- Tararua District, Manawatu-Whanganui, New Zealand
- First operating
- 1999
- Phases in the tracker
- 4
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