Te Rāhui Solar Farm | |
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Country | New Zealand |
Location | Taupō District |
Coordinates | 38°53′44.49″S 176°25′25.55″E / 38.8956917°S 176.4237639°E |
Status | Consented |
Owner(s) | Nova Energy |
Solar farm | |
Type | Flat-panel PV |
Collectors | 900,000 |
Site area | 1022 ha |
Power generation | |
Nameplate capacity | 400 MW |
Annual net output | 650 GWh [1] |
The Te Rāhui solar farm is a proposed photovoltaic power station in the Taupō District of New Zealand. It is to be built on a 1022 hectare site 35 km east of Taupō. [2] The farm will be owned by Nova Energy and will be the largest in New Zealand when complete. [3]
The project applied for resource consent in September 2022. [4] Resource consent was granted in November 2022. [2]
In July 2024 Nova announced that the farm would be called Te Rāhui and would be built in two stages. [5] Construction is expected to begin in late 2024. [5]