If the country needs more power this is a great way to generate it. I would like to see a live visual display of the power being generated. I hope the turbines will be NZ made and the bigger the more efficient.
I am on the old horns of a dilemma here. I agree in principle to what little I know about windfarms and I applaud any attempt at green sustainability, here's the but! I am concerned on two levels. 1. I live in a beautiful valley and I enjoy and value that luxury. So I worry about how the power is downloaded to the national grid. will this be pylons traipsed across the valley floor? through teh village itself past houses or could it be buried? just a thought. as to my next concern I will add that later. cheers
Hi Raewyn We (MainPower)will export power from the windfarm on a pole line (not pylons). It will be a 66kV line and will look pretty much like the line heading north along Glenmark Drive (past McKenzies Road) except it will have new poles - not the bolt-on extensions.
The route will be down Mt Cass Road where the existing poles are. Across SH1, along SH7 a bit, up Weka Creek until it meets the other lines and then into the substation.
Hopefully not too obtrusive and hopefully good enough to rescue you from those old horns!
Hi Julian Congratulations on the new blog, I hope you generate a lot of conversation. Feel free to let me know if there are any windfarm questions hanging, that you think I can answer. If you are interested I will put a link to you on our blog http://www.localgeneration.co.nz/blog/ (which I must post more on....)
Really worth while outing, I was able to see and hear first hand what we are in for, although it was only a third of the height of those proposed here, it does give an idea.
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Between wind farms and frost fighting windmills should I be buying shares in propeller manufacturing companies??
I am on the old horns of a dilemma here. I agree in principle to what little I know about windfarms and I applaud any attempt at green sustainability, here's the but! I am concerned on two levels. 1. I live in a beautiful valley and I enjoy and value that luxury. So I worry about how the power is downloaded to the national grid. will this be pylons traipsed across the valley floor? through teh village itself past houses or could it be buried? just a thought. as to my next concern I will add that later. cheers
Hi Raewyn
We (MainPower)will export power from the windfarm on a pole line (not pylons). It will be a 66kV line and will look pretty much like the line heading north along Glenmark Drive (past McKenzies Road) except it will have new poles - not the bolt-on extensions.
The route will be down Mt Cass Road where the existing poles are. Across SH1, along SH7 a bit, up Weka Creek until it meets the other lines and then into the substation.
Hopefully not too obtrusive and hopefully good enough to rescue you from those old horns!
Hi Julian
Congratulations on the new blog, I hope you generate a lot of conversation.
Feel free to let me know if there are any windfarm questions hanging, that you think I can answer.
If you are interested I will put a link to you on our blog http://www.localgeneration.co.nz/blog/
(which I must post more on....)
Thanks Andrew a link would be great
Thanks for your detailed reply. Great to see you (MainPower) at the Amberley A&P show yesterday.
I am looking forward to the tour on Sunday. Should answer a few more questions.
How was the Gebbies Tour?
Really worth while outing, I was able to see and hear first hand what we are in for, although it was only a third of the height of those proposed here, it does give an idea.
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