NIWA has recently created synthetic, multi-year, 10-minute wind datasets at 15 wind farm sites across New Zealand. These will be used by the Electricity Commission to model the impact of wind farms on the national grid.
Our research will help bring about a New Zealand powered by sustainable energy and low carbon technology.
Technology for extracting energy from wave and tidal currents is now a viable alternative to traditional power generation methods.
NIWA is sponsoring the AWATEA conference 'Blue Energy: From International Vision to Reality'.
