page_title: Brooklyn, New Zealand
section_title: Wind turbine
hierarchical_section_title: Brooklyn, New Zealand / Geography / Wind turbine
caption_attribution_description: English: Brooklyn wind turbine, Wellington harbour in the background.
context_page_description: Brooklyn is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
context_section_description: The Electricity Corporation of New Zealand installed the Brooklyn wind turbine on Pol Hill above north-western Brooklyn in March 1993 as part of a research project into wind-power generation. The Corporation chose the Brooklyn site due to Wellington's "higher than normal" wind patterns and to gain maximum exposure in the viewscapes of Wellingtonians. The turbine, visible from many parts of the city, stands 299 meters above sea level. It became the oldest operating wind-turbine in New Zealand 
  The original turbine was decommissioned in 2015 due to age, and replaced in 2016 with a larger version. The original turbine, a Vestas Wind Systems A/S turbine, was a relatively small machine compared with other turbines now installed in New Zealand, such as those at Te Āpiti Wind Farm, with an installed capacity of 225 kW. The present turbine, a German Enercon E-44, has a capacity of 900 kW, enough to power around 490 homes, with the power generated going into the local network for general distribution. The tower hub is 44m high and the blades are 20.8m long.
  Meridian Energy has managed the turbine since its formation as a company in 1999 with the deregulation of the New Zealand electricity market.
caption: The original Brooklyn wind-turbine, with Matiu/Somes Island, Mount Victoria and the Miramar Peninsula in the background
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