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Wind Equals Economic Suicide
The NZ Electricity Commission has recently produced a report 'Statement of Opportunities', which sets out some strategic options for electricity generation in New Zealand.
In a section on 'prospective projects' (which are considered to be 'highly likely') in 2011 the report describes
'..over thirty possible wind projects, ranging from 15 to 300 MW71, located throughout
New Zealand—although with the majority in the North Island — and totalling to nearly
4,000 MW ..'
