Mercury advances second stage of Turitea wind farm

Mercury advances second stage of Turitea wind farm
Gavin Evans
Mercury NZ has committed to a further $208 million investment at its Turitea wind site, less than eight months after initiating the first stage of the development.The company now plans to build the 27-turbine, southern element of the project with the rest of the development. That will take the total project size to 222 megawatts, making it the country’s largest wind site.“The combination of long-term electricity demand projections, synergies from already committed transmission infrastructure, construction and operations on-site, and co-benefits...

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