Generation Capacity and Expansion
As of January 2012, New Zealand had an installed wind generation capacity of 622 MW. In the 2011 calendar year, wind power produced 1,930 GWh of electricity, 4.5 percent of the country's electricity generation that year.
Around 3000 MW of wind farms and turbines have received resource consent or are seeking it.
The New Zealand Wind Energy Association predicts that wind could reach 20 percent of New Zealand's annual generation by 2030
Read more about this topic: Wind Power Generation In New Zealand (2007)
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