Tararua Wind Farm
- Country: New Zealand
- Setting: Onshore
- Capacity: 161 MW
- Year: 1999
Overview
Built in stages from 1999 in the Manawatu gorge near Palmerston North, one of the windiest inhabited places on Earth, running at capacity factors near 45 percent, among the best anywhere.
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