Consent for Central Otago windfarm rejected (NZPA)
The Environment Court has declined consent for a windfarm in Central Otago's Lammermoor Range, Meridian Energy says. Resource consent for Project Hayes, a $2 billion, 176-turbine windfarm, was granted to the power company in 2006 and 2007, but was subsequently appealed to the Environment Court....
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- News Source: Wellington Dominion | 24 days agoState-owned Meridian Energy's $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm proposal has been rejected in the Environment Court, dealing a savage blow to the wind power sector. The parties were handed a 350- page decision yesterday, which upheld the appeal...
- News Source: Xtra News | 24 days agoFormer All Black hooker Anton Oliver says the Environment Court's decision to deny consent for a Central Otago windfarm shows the landscape has no pricetag. Resource consent for Project Hayes, a $2 billion, 176-turbine windfarm, was granted to...
- News Source: Scoop | 24 days agoBut we also want economic growth, which comes hand and hand with increased energy use. It is well recognised that wind energy provides one of the best options for low-cost new electricity generation combined with minimal environmental impacts.
- News Source: Scoop | 24 days agoMeridian first lodged resource consent applications for Project Hayes with the Central Otago District Council in July 2006 and in October 2007 with the Otago Regional Council. Resource consents were granted by both councils but those decisions were...
- News Source: Xtra News | 24 days agoThe Environment Court has declined consent for a windfarm in Central Otago's Lammermoor Range, Meridian Energy says. Resource consent for Project Hayes, a $2 billion, 176-turbine windfarm, was granted to the power company in 2006 and 2007, but was...
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- Blog Source: www.odt.co.nzSpokesman Alan Seay said in a statement Meridian would assess the decision in detail and "consider the company's potential responses, and implications for Project Hayes". Project Hayes was to be the largest wind farm development in the ...
- Blog Source: www.odt.co.nzMeridian would also consider implications the decision would have on its portfolio of other proposed electricity generation projects, he said. "We will consider all implications of this decision, not just for Project Hayes but for the ...
- Blog Source: www.odt.co.nzIt was always going to be one of the biggest things to hit Otago, whether you were for Project Hayes or against it. So it was no surprise it took two hearings to reach a decision on whether Meridian Energy could build its $2 billion ...
- Blog Source: www.odt.co.nzProject Hayes appellants Graye Shattky and Grahame Sydney celebrate at St Bathans yesterday the Environment Court's decision to reject the proposed Project Hayes wind farm on the Lammermoor Range in Central Otago. Photo by Craig Baxter. ...
- Blog Source: business.scoop.co.nzNov 6 (BusinessWire) – Meridian Energy has suffered another knockback with the loss of its resource consent application for Project Hayes, a massive 630 Megawatt wind farm in the South Island's Maniototo region. The decision caps a ...
- Blog Source: www.odt.co.nzYesterday's Environment Court decision has raised expectations Kaiwera will proceed. "We always believed Kaiwera was just viable but with Project Hayes [rejected], it is certainly looking much more viable," company spokesman Graeme ...
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