Vestas has secured a 43MW order for Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm in New Zealand.
The project will feature 10 of Vestas’s V136-4.2MW wind turbines in 4.3MW operating mode which Vestas will supply and install.
Delivery of Vestas’ wind turbines is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2023, with commissioning to commence in the third quarter of 2023.
Vestas has also signed a 30 year service and maintenance agreement, with Mercury, which is Vestas’s wind farm partner in New Zealand.
“We are pleased that Vestas and Mercury’s portfolio continues to expand in New Zealand’s promising renewable energy market.
“Kaiwera Downs Wind Farm reinforces our common vision of decarbonising New Zealand’s energy network together”, said Jan-Daniel Kämmer, Vice President Sales of Vestas Australia and New Zealand.
While featuring the largest rotor diameter in New Zealand, it is also the first wind project to be constructed on the South Island since 2015 and will be Mercury’s first wind project since Turitea Wind Farm was announced in 2019, which is also a partnership with Vestas.