Meridian Energy has chosen 41 Siemens Gamesa turbines for its 176MW wind farm in Harapaki, New Zealand.
Its 4.3-MW onshore turbines are one of the most powerful models available in New Zealand, Siemens Gamesa said.
Following its expected commissioning in 2023, Harapaki wind farm will generate sufficient renewable energy to power over 70,000 local average households and support New Zealand’s goal of achieving 100% renewable electricity generation by 2030.
Additionally, Siemens Gamesa signed a 30-year long-term contract to provide operation and maintenance services, ensuring optimized performance of the wind farm.
Meridian Energy is one of New Zealand’s largest listed companies and the country’s largest wind energy developer.
Siemens Gamesa has already supplied 267MW to Meridian, including West Wind, its largest operating wind farm at 142.6MW.
Siemens Gamesa managing director for Australia and New Zealand Thomas Hertling said: “Harapaki marks an extension of a rewarding relationship between Meridian Energy and Siemens Gamesa over more than 10 years.
“At Siemens Gamesa, we are proud to support Meridian’s vision on climate action and the transition to a productive low carbon economy in New Zealand.”
Siemens Gamesa has been expanding in Asia Pacific since the 1980s and has installed close to 9GW of onshore turbines in China, Pakistan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.
On the offshore side, the company completed the installation of Taiwan’s first offshore wind power project in 2019 (128MW) and in addition reached close to 2GW of firm orders.