Quote Originally Posted by flyinglizard View Post
…., no growth so far.....
I wouldn't try and second guess the directors, but it is probably unwise to jump into growth of wind farms just yet. But I bet that the directors are already in the planning stage.

The government have already signalled that they want to decarbonize the electricity industry within 10 years. that means that an average of 1700 MW of wind and/or solar needs to be installed by then. Because of the nett capacity factor of wind being around 40% (solar is around 25%) then around 4250 MW of additional wind capacity is needed, plus extra to cover any growth in demand.

This additional intermittent generation will also require fast start energy storage of at least 50%, or 2200 MW. Wait until MBIE announce their preferred NZ Battery option and that would be the point for any expansion plans to be announced.

(Dassets, who do send the bill for my consultancy fees to? )