Mercury – Kaiwaikawe Wind Farm

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Mercury’s Kaiwaikawe wind farm, located 12km north-west of Dargaville and 3km inland from the Tasman Sea, is designed to harness the power from the west coast wind currents.

The wind farm will have 12 turbines; seven in the northern cluster of the development and five turbines in the southern cluster. The turbines will be the largest and tallest in New Zealand. The first generation, supplying power to the national grid, is planned for mid-2026, reaching full generation by the end of 2026.

Our Drillco team will complete the retictulation for the project installing over 50km of electrical cable between the turbines. This project is New Energy’s third windfarm after successfully completing the Waipipi windfarm in 2020 and Kaiwera Downs windfarm in 2023.