Project Huriwaka Wind

Project Status
Land secured, wind monitoring completed, progressing consenting

Location
Moawhango
Manawatū-Whanganui

Announced
May 2023

Max Capacity
250 MW (estimate)

Annual Output
850 GWh (estimate)

Turbines
TBC

About the project

Manawa Energy’s Huriwaka Wind Farm project is a well known and highly regarded site for a potential wind farm. It has previously been consented for approximately 50 wind turbines across 47 square kilometres of privately owned rural pastoral land.

The project working name of ‘Huriwaka’ acknowledges the name of a hill within the wind farm site.

The site has high quality wind for generation, convenient access to transmission, good construction characteristics and is relatively close to significant demand for electricity.

We are under way with stakeholder consultation, project design, environmental assessments and network connection work.

If it proceeded, it is expected the wind farm would generate enough electricity to power up to 110,000 average Kiwi homes.

You can read the announcement about the project here.

For more information about what is involved in developing a wind farm, click here.

Project contact information

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

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