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South Taranaki s Waipipi wind farm up and running 5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 2 minutes to read All the turbines at Waipipi Wind Farm are now generating electricity. Photo / Supplied Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui [email protected] The last wind turbine at Waipipi Wind Farm came out of test mode on March 4 and all 31 are now generating electricity, Tilt Renewables project developer Stewart Reid says. It s a milestone for the project, which began construction in October 2019 on a 980ha coastal site between Waverley and Pātea. There s been no celebration yet, but an open day for the public is planned, probably in April at a site at the end of Dryden Rd. ....
Whanganui Chronicle The last wind turbine at Waipipi Wind Farm came out of test mode on March 4 and all 31 are now generating electricity, Tilt Renewables project developer Stewart Reid says. It’s a milestone for the project, which began construction in October 2019 on a 980ha coastal site between Waverley and Pātea. There’s been no celebration yet, but an open day for the public is planned, probably in April at a site at the end of Dryden Rd. There will be a shelter there, some boards with historic and cultural information, and local iwi Ngā Rauru Kiitahi is to provide a carved pou. ....
Waverley farmers champion and benefit from wind farm 5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Waverley farmer and contractor Warwick Lupton (right) is well known for his hydroplane exploits. Photo / Tracey Grant Waverley farmer and contractor Warwick Lupton (right) is well known for his hydroplane exploits. Photo / Tracey Grant Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui [email protected] Cousins Warwick Lupton and David Alexander farm together near Waverley and it took them 12 years and three electricity generators to get Waipipi Wind Farm established. There s a lot of people that said it would never happen, and that makes you drive quite hard, Lupton said. ....