Brief: Mercury NZ Announces Fire Incident At Tararua 3 Wind Farm

Mercury NZ

06/10/2021 20:45

Oct 7 (Reuters) - Mercury NZ Ltd  MCY.NZ :
    * NOTIFIED BY VESTAS, OPERATOR OF ITS TARARUA WIND FARM 3
NEAR
PALMERSTON NORTH, OF SMOKE COMING FROM ONE OF TARARUA WIND
TURBINES
    * STRING OF FIVE TURBINES HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AS A
RESULT OF INCIDENT
    * VESTAS CONFIRMED THAT NO EMPLOYEES WERE NEAR TURBINE AT
TIME OF
INCIDENT AND THERE ARE NO REPORTED INJURIES
    * SITE PERSONNEL TEMPORARILY PAUSED WIND TURBINES IN AREA OF
WIND
FARM & COMMENCED AN INCIDENT INVESTIGATION
    * A STRING OF FIVE TURBINES HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AS
A
RESULT OF INCIDENT
    * LIKELY THAT THIS STRING WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS
    * MERCURY'S ASSESSMENT IS THAT THIS WILL NOT HAVE A MATERIAL
IMPACT ON REVENUE

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