Pāmu Rā ki Whitianga solar farm
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Pāmu Rā ki Whitianga Solar Farm | |
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Country | New Zealand |
Location | Whitianga, Thames-Coromandel District |
Coordinates | 36°51′2.01″S 175°39′47.33″E / 36.8505583°S 175.6631472°E |
Status | Under construction |
Construction began | 2024 |
Owner | Lodestone Energy |
Solar farm | |
Type | Flat-panel PV |
Site area | 45 ha[1] |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 32 MW DC[2] |
Annual net output | 50 GWh[3] |
The Pāmu Rā ki Whitianga Solar Farm is a photovoltaic power station under construction near Whitianga in the Thames-Coromandel District of New Zealand. The farm is owned by Lodestone Energy.[2]
Description
[edit]The farm will have a capacity of 32 MW and completion is expected in November 2025.[3]
Construction began in September 2024[4] and was 60% complete by April 2025.[1] As with Lodestone's other farms, Pāmu Rā ki Whitianga uses elevated racks, allowing the area underneath the panels to be used for sheep grazing or horticulture.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Malone, Madison (7 April 2025). "Grid-scale solar farm installing 1600 panels per day". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Pāmu Rā ki Whitianga". Lodestone Energy. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ a b c "Lodestone breaks ground on fourth North Island solar farm". Farmers Weekly. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ "Lodestone Energy – Utility scale distributed generation (DG)". Powerco. Retrieved 28 March 2025.