Project Mill Creek

Located within privately owned farms, the wind farm would have 31 wind turbines with a combined capacity of about 71 MW. Consistent wind speeds mean that project Mill Creek would generate electricity over 90% of the time, generating enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent of 35,000 average homes.

The landowners have chosen wind farming as their preferred way of supporting the ongoing viability of their farms – over other options like major housing subdivision and forestry – because it would preserve the lifestyle and rural character of the area. Meridian has been selected by the landowners to develop and operate the wind farm because of its reputation for doing this well.

Project Mill Creek gained resource consent from the Wellington and Porirua City Councils and Wellington Regional Council in February 2009.
But this consent has been appealed and is now the subject of an Environment Court process.

Read more about the Mill Creek proposal in the Mill Creek Project brochure (PDF 800 KB)

You can see a map of  the proposed wind turbines here (PDF 1 MB).