“Unfortunately we are unable to advise when it will be up and running.”
Andrew Gorrie/Stuff
Wellington’s Brooklyn wind turbine has been put out of action after suffering moisture damage. The current turbine is the second to have occupied the site on the hill behind Brooklyn. Electricity generated by the turbine is fed into Wellington’s energy network, enough to power about 490 average homes a year. It was installed in 2016, replacing a smaller unit which first faced Wellington s wind in 1993. The original was installed by the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand (ECNZ) as part of a feasibility test to see how turbines would perform in local conditions.