Lee Stream School pupils visited the site on a field trip, where the 80m towers lent a Lilliputian air.
TrustPower staff gave the children a tour of the site and explained the inner workings of the giant wind towers and turbines.
"Because the wind farm's in the area, they've seen it developing, so they've taken an interest in it," Lee Stream School principal Phil Wheeler said.
"It's a good day out for them. The only time Lee Stream is usually in the paper for anything is for snowfalls."
It was also a profitable day for the school. A cheque for $9020 was presented by TrustPower, Vestas and Downer.
The money represents $2255 in proceeds from a gold-coin donation open day at Fryatt St last month, which the three companies later matched.
"We decided to match what the Dunedin community gave," TrustPower project manager Jim Pearson said.
"We wanted to do something to support the local community and Lee Stream is the local school."
The donation would benefit the whole Lee Stream community, Mr Wheeler said.
"The pumps have gone in the school pool, so we'll use the money to fix the pool. It will be good for the whole local community to have the pool operational again."
Five of the 12 wind towers had been completed by yesterday afternoon.
"They go up pretty quickly, once we get them here," Mr Pearson said.
"We hope to have the first two commissioned by the end of this week and they should all be up and running by the end of April."
TrustPower has resource consent to install up to 100 towers on the 1723ha site.
Each of the Vestas turbines will be capable of supplying power for 1100 Dunedin homes.
