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Power company Mercury has flicked the switch on stage one of its Kaiwera Downs wind farm, near Gore. The 10-turbine 43 megawatt (MW) facility will have...

Not only has his dream come true but the late Alan Dickie has a wind turbine named after him. Stage one of Mercury’s Kaiwera Wind Farm was...

20 November 2023 – Mercury has cut the ribbon today to celebrate stage one of the Kaiwera Downs Windfarm coming online. · The ten turbine 43MW wind farm will have annualised generation of 147GWh p.a., adding enough renewable energy to power ...

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Mercury Energy has amended its resource consent for its Kaiwera Downs wind farm project. It will now build fewer, but taller, wind turbines in...

The growing need for renewable energy — to partly power Southland industry — is driving Contact Energy’s decision to opt for a fast-track...

They are tall but the new neighbours — if they move in — are going to be taller. The first stage of the Kaiwera Downs wind farm is nearing...

The details · The expansion will cost $220m (excluding capitalised interest, geothermal drilling of ~$35m and sunk costs of $3m), part of the signalled total commitment of up to $1 billion investment in generation expected in FY24 by Mercury. · The ...

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One of Contact Energy's peakers will be out of action until 2025.