Long Gully Wind Farm

Long Gully Wind Farm was a proposed wind farm in Wellington, New Zealand. Long Gully is an area adjacent to Zealandia (formerly known as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary).

Long Gully Wind Farm
CountryNew Zealand
LocationWellington
Coordinates41°19′36″S 174°43′4″E
StatusProposed
Power generation
Units operational25
Nameplate capacity12.5 MW

The proposal involved using turbines manufactured by the New Zealand company Windflow Technology Limited.[1] In 2008, Windflow Technology took on the overall management of the project.[2]

Windflow Technology announced in 2009 that Wellington City Council had granted resource consents for the wind farm.[3][4] Two appeals against the consent were lodged and according to Windflow were resolved in principle by mid-2010.[5]

Mighty River Power (now Mercury Energy) was involved in early development of the proposal, but withdrew in 2010.[6][7] In late 2010, the proposed wind farm was on hold as Windflow Technology did not want to pursue the proposal in the short-term due to low wholesale electricity prices.[8] In 2012 a community group attempted to raise funds to begin construction.[9]

Consents for the project have now lapsed.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Long Gully". Windflow Technology Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  2. Steeman, Marta (28 August 2008). "Windflow puts hands up for Long Gully". The Press. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  3. Smellie, Patrick (2009-10-12). "Thumbs-up for Long Gully windfarm". Stuff. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
  4. "Long Gully Wind Farm Approved". Scoop. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. "Windflow: Long Gully Wind Farm Update". NZX. 9 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. "Windflow warns of more losses to come". Sharechat. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  7. "Mighty River pulls out of wind project". The Press. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  8. Weir, James (18 November 2010). "Greenies prepared to back wind farm". The Dominion Post.
  9. Kerry McBride (8 August 2012). "Wellington residents fight for wind farm". Stuff. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  10. "Long Gully". New Zealand Wind Energy Association. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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