Hawke’s Bay Airport Solar Farm

Project Status
Completing viability studies

Location
Hawke’s Bay Airport
Hawke’s Bay

Max Capacity
24 MW

Annual Output
36 GWh

Solar Panels
52,000

Hawke’s Bay Airport and Manawa Energy have entered into a joint venture agreement to confirm the viability of, and then establish and construct, a solar farm at Hawkes Bay Airport. If completed, the project will allow Hawke’s Bay Airport to be the first in New Zealand to be powered 100% by solar energy.

It will also provide significant renewable energy to export back into the local network and supply other local homes and businesses.

Under the current plans, when complete the solar farm will have 52,000 solar panels capable of generating 24 megawatts of electricity, or 36,000 megawatt hours. The output would be enough to power 5000-6000 households per year.

Project contact information

For enquiries about the solar farm project, contact newdev@manawaenergy.co.nz

For media enquiries, contact comms@manawaenergy.co.nz