White Hill
Wind farm, Southland, New Zealand
Average NZ homes this wind farm generates electricity for in a year *
-
Hydro power
About hydro
Discover Benmore
Benmore is the country’s second largest hydro station after Manapouri, and New Zealand’s largest earth dam.
More -
Wind power
About wind
Discover Te Uku
Te Uku is a 28-turbine wind farm located in Waikato, New Zealand. The wind farm can generate up to 64.4 megawatts of renewable energy.
More -
Solar power
Solar power
About solar
Discover CalRENEW-1
The CalRENEW-1 solar farm delivers renewable power to California, helping the state meet its stringent carbon reduction goals.
More - Lake levels
- Environmental care
White Hill wind farm is located in Southland, New Zealand.
The wind farm’s 29 wind turbines can generate up to 58 megawatts of electricity.
About White Hill
The 29 wind turbines at the White Hill wind farm generate enough electricity each year for about 28,000 average New Zealand homes.
White Hill is the second wind farm Meridian has built in New Zealand, and the first in the South Island.
Why build a wind farm here?
The White Hill wind farm is located on a section of forestry land in Southland, south-east of Mossburn. Southland has strong natural winds that are ideal for power generation.
The wind at White Hill has very good speed and consistency for wind farming, by both national and international standards.
Did you know?
Three local schools planted time capsules in the base of a wind turbine. Each year the children visit their turbine to learn about wind energy and see their time capsule.
Building White Hill
Meridian widened 14 kilometres of existing tracks and constructed 10 kilometres of new access tracks for the 400 tonne crawler crane that installed the turbines.
We took special care of the local ecology during construction. We fenced off significant areas, and saved topsoil and red tussock for replanting later.
Key dates
- 2004Dec.Resource consent approved
- 2006Mar.Construction begins
- 2007Jun.White Hill fully operational
