Meridian to supply turbine components to Mill Creek wind farm in New Zealand

Meridian Energy is likely to begin the supply of turbine components to the Mill Creek wind farm located in Ohariu Valley, near Wellington, New Zealand.

The company would start delivery of the first component on 16 March 2013 from Wellington’s CentrePort to the 26-turbine wind farm site.

Meridian Energy Mill Creek project manager Chris Jones said the turbine components delivery to the wind project site would take about 13 weeks to complete.

"Several large transport vehicles will travel from Wellington’s CentrePort between 10.30pm and 6.30am from Sunday through to Thursday night each week until about mid June," Chris added.

"During these times there may be very short delays on Porirua’s Mungavin Bridge as the trucks cross over with their large loads. We’ll be doing our best to ensure any delays are minimal."

Once completed in December 2014, the project is expected to generate about 59.8MW of electricity annually enough to power about 30,000 average homes in New Zealand.

In February 2014, the company had announced the availability of about $75,000 fund for local community projects over the next three years through a new Mill Creek Community Fund.