Quote Originally Posted by mouse View Post
Which brings me to Meridian. Who have Wind Turbines. Why? What use are they? Apart of course from generating noise and killing off birds. But Meridian have Lake Manapouri, which in 2013 produced 4546GWh. How much are we getting for that bit of production? Why not 'mothball' all the Wind generators, and just sell the Manapouri electricity onto the main grid?
Up until recently the cook strait cable would not have been able to cope with Manapouri coming onto the national grid. Even now, I don't think Manapouri is even connected to the grid down south yet.

I wouldn't be too down on wind farms. On a windy day in the capital, which happens often, the Meridian's Makara wind farm can power most of Wellington with minimal transmission line loss.

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