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		<title>Battle joined against Wairarapa wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/07/battle-joined-against-wairarapa-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wairarapa Maori landowners are vowing to fight construction of a Meridian Energy wind farm near Eketahuna. The power company has sought resource consent to build the Mt Munro Wind Farm, made up of 20 turbines standing 130m tall over a 700h area on three privately-owned farms. Mt Munro is on the boundaries of the Tararua and Masterton districts, an area known for strong and consistent wind, and the proposed wind farm would be a few kilometres north of the Pukaha .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Billion dollar Wairarapa wind farm hearing ends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The fate of a billion-dollar wind farm project in North Wairarapa now rests with a three-man panel of commissioners who yesterday wrapped up a week-long resource consent hearing in Masterton. Commissioners Roger Lane, Philip Milne and David McMahon have reserved a decision on whether to grant consent to Genesis Energy for the Castle Hill Wind Farm project that would be the largest in New Zealand. The last of a long line of submissions against the project was heard yesterday, along .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wairarapa wind farm offer falls flat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Genesis Energy has failed to sway local communities from opposing a massive wind farm plan despite dangling a financial carrot. The power giant this week offered a $750,000 deal as a way of compensating the people of townships such as Alfredton, Castle Hill and Tinui for problems associated with construction of the $1.6 billion Castle Hill Wind Farm that could not be otherwise mitigated. But residents said the sticking point was that a proposed community trust would only be established .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Consent bid for Eketahuna wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Meridian Energy has sought resource consent for a 20-turbine wind farm near Eketahuna. The Mt Munro wind farm could generate up to 240 GWh of power annually, enough to supply 31,000 homes, said Meridian Energy project manager Carolyn Wylie. The company had already conducted community consultation about the project, which included an open day in Eketahuna in October. Another will be heard next month. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been talking with the community about this project since last July,&#8221; Ms Wylie said. Mt .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Project Hayes: It simply didn&#8217;t stack up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Save Central, the umbrella group representing many of those opposed to Meridian Energy&#8217;s plan to build a giant wind farm in Central Otago, isn&#8217;t claiming the corporation&#8217;s decision to abandon the scheme as a victory. Instead, Save Central welcomes Meridian CEO Mark Binns&#8217; &#8220;prudent commercial decision&#8221; as being in the best interests of not only Meridian, but also Central Otago and the nation. Meridian claimed the Lammermoor Range offered a wind resource superior to that of many international sites and, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Power companies undeterred by Project Hayes decision</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/24/power-companies-undeterred-by-project-hayes-decision/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Project Hayes decision, it is business as usual for Contact Energy, weighing up options for hydro development on the Clutha River, and Pioneer Generation, looking at small-scale wind farms. Meridian&#8217;s decision to shelve its planned $2 billion wind farm on the Lammermoor Range in the Central Otago has had little impact at this stage on Contact and Pioneer&#8217;s plans. Contact Clutha hydro project manager Neil Gillespie said the hydro plans were &#8220;at a completely different .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Project Hayes: counting the costs</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/23/project-hayes-counting-the-costs/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The extent to which Meridian Energy&#8217;s ditching of its controversial Project Hayes wind farm has been met with mixed reactions by even ardent environmentalists gives some clues as to the complexity of the energy issues the decision anticipates. On the one hand, while many people who are not otherwise particularly &#8220;green&#8221; have been able to appreciate, and react against, the visual pollution the wind farm on the Lammermoor Range would have represented, other environmentalists who believe staunchly in renewable energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Costs mounted up for all the parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[All parties involved in the battle over Project Hayes agree on one thing &#8211; it has been an expensive exercise. The six-year campaign has taken a toll personally and financially on participants, say both opponents and supporters of the wind farm planned for the Lammermoor Range, which has now been shelved by its backer, Meridian Energy. Meridian has spent $8.9 million on the $2 billion project, while environmental groups and individuals involved in the various resource consent and legal proceedings .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meridian drops Project Hayes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Six years after it announced plans for a controversial $2 billion wind farm on the Lammermoor Range and after spending $8.9 million on the project, Meridian Energy has pulled the pin on them. Meridian chief executive Mark Binns said yesterday it was a &#8220;prudent commercial decision&#8221; to drop Project Hayes, as the company had other higher-priority projects. The latest chapter in the drawn-out wrangle over whether the southern hemisphere&#8217;s largest wind farm should go ahead took the project&#8217;s opponents by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Questions over wind farm court battle</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/20/questions-over-wind-farm-court-battle/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[While celebrating Meridian&#8217;s ditching of plans for the Project Hayes wind-farm in Central Otago, environmental groups are questioning the why they had to face such a long, drawn out court battle. Meridian has decided it has other projects it would rather focus on than the farm it had planned for Central Otago&#8217;s Lammermoor Range. Founder of Save Central, Graye Shattky, says an original Environment Court decision to withdraw consent should have been final. However, the High Court upheld an appeal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm opposition claims victory over Meridian</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/wind-farm-opposition-claims-victory-over-meridian/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Meridian Energy has pulled the plug on Project Hayes, the controversial wind farm development in central Otago. The billion-dollar plan was taken to court by protesters who now seem to have won a final victory. Central Otago residents have fought for five and half years to keep the Lammermoor Range free of wind turbines. Today, their battle ended in victory. The development was strongly opposed by a group called Save Central. It included prominent Otago figures like artist Grahame Sydney, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Project Hayes a lesson for wind-farm industry</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/project-hayes-a-lesson-for-wind-farm-industry/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind energy will remain at &#8220;the head of the queue&#8221; in New Zealand despite a decision to scrap a high-profile wind farm, an industry representative says. Meridian Energy said yesterday it was scrapping its controversial Project Hayes, a $2 billion proposal for a 176-turbine, 633-megawatt wind farm in Central Otago. A long court battle ensued after the plan was announced in 2006, with environmentalists, appearing in the Environment Court, blocking plans to build on the Lammermoor Range. New Zealand Wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm plan canned; Landscape saved, &#8216;hopeless case&#8217; won</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/wind-farm-plan-canned-landscape-saved-hopeless-case-won/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The unique Central Otago landscape was safe from corporate industrialisation after the withdrawal of the $2 billion Project Hayes plan, artist and objector Grahame Sydney said yesterday. Meridian Energy’s 633-megawatt plan was one of the most controversial energy projects in New Zealand and sparked an intense, hard-fought battle by environmentalists. Plans to build a wind farm in remote Central Otago were first mooted in the 1970s but the Meridian-led proposal for a 176-turbine array prompted concerted opposition. Spokesman for lobby .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Hayes activist backed gut feeling</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/anti-hayes-activist-backed-gut-feeling/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An Alexandra man whose family fought Project Hayes yesterday said his gut feeling told him the energy firm knew a court would not overturn the original decision. In November 2009, Judge Jon Jackson overturned consents for the farm, saying the environmental cost would be too high. If approved, the Lammermoor Range would have been home to the largest wind farm in the southern hemisphere. Environmentalist John Douglas, wife Sue and son Andrew, of Alexandra, spent tens of thousands of dollars .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meridian quits energy project; Environmentalists win long-running battle</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/meridian-quits-energy-project-environmentalists-win-long-running-battle/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[One of the most controversial energy projects in New Zealand is no more after the withdrawal today of Meridian Energy&#8217;s $2 billion Central Otago wind-farm proposal. The 176-turbine, 633-megawatt Project Hayes bid sparked a battle by environmentalists when the plan was revealed in 2006. A long court battle ensued, with environmentalists ultimately beating the company&#8217;s bid to build on the remote Lammermoor Range. Meridian chief executive Mark Binns said the company portfolio had developed considerably and there were other projects .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>$2b wind farm proposal axed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/2b-wind-farm-proposal-axed/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Meridian Energy has announced its withdrawing from a proposal to build $2 billion a windfarm in Central Otago. The energy company is withdrawing its Environment Court appeal for resource consents for Project Hayes, the wind farm proposed for the Lammermoor Range in Central Otago. The Project Hayes proposal was for a 176-turbine wind farm with a capacity of 633.6 MW and Meridian was granted resource consent by the relevant local authorities in 2007. This was successfully appealed against because of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Consent hearing set for wind farm plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/consent-hearing-set-for-wind-farm-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A public consent hearing for the proposed Flat Hill wind farm near Bluff will be held at Invercargill&#8217;s Civic Theatre on February 20. Canterbury company Energy3 proposes building an eight-turbine wind farm near Greenpoint. Director Warren McNabb said the company had changed the placement of five of the turbines in its application due to one landowner pulling out of the arrangement. &#8220;He did not want the turbine to continue on his property,&#8221; Mr McNabb said. The planned turbine would be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mt Cass wind farm appeal unlikely</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/mt-cass-wind-farm-appeal-unlikely/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Opponents of MainPower&#8217;s planned wind farm on Mt Cass are disappointed the Environment Court has given the go-ahead by approving a resource consent for the project. Members of the Mt Cass Ridge Protection Society environmental group fought against the wind farm, arguing that the ridge line east of Waipara was an outstanding natural feature of national importance with limestone outcrops and regenerating native bush harbouring many rare and endangered species. Commissioners appointed by the Hurunui District Council rejected MainPower&#8217;s original .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm on Mount Cass approved</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/15/wind-farm-on-mount-cass-approved/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Environment Court has given resource consent for a wind farm on Mount Cass in North Canterbury. The plans were approved on Wednesday and could provide North Canterbury and Kaikoura with up to 40% of its electricity. Main Power generation manager Andrew Hurley says the wind farm will improve security of supply for the area and contribute to national goals for renewable energy. Mr Hurley says there has been some opposition, but most concerns have been addressed by noise and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm company told: think again</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/08/wind-farm-company-told-think-again/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The company behind a $1.6 billion Wairarapa wind farm bid has been asked to rethink its proposal. A resource consent hearing is being held in Masterton for Genesis Energy&#8217;s Castle Hill Wind Farm &#8211; a project which would see up to 286 wind turbines dotting north Wairarapa. On Tuesday, the three-member hearing panel issued a minute saying Genesis should have provided more evidence on the impact of the plan. Signed by chairman Philip Milne, the statement noted the panel had .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition to Wairarapa wind farm project; Wind farm plan lacks vital detail</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/07/opposition-to-wairarapa-wind-farm-project-wind-farm-plan-lacks-vital-detail/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The proposed Castle Hill Wind Farm project on the Puketoi range in north Wairarapa has been slammed by opposition groups who maintain it would have massive adverse environmental and social impact on the rural north Wairarapa community. The Castle Hill Wind Farm Action Group took up most of Monday&#8217;s session presenting their submission at the resource consent hearing for Genesis Energy&#8217;s proposed $1.6 billion 30,000-hectare wind farm project. The opposition lobby group represents landowners in affected areas surrounding the seven .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Locals urge rethink on $1.6b wind farm plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/06/locals-urge-rethink-on-1-6b-wind-farm-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A tiny Wairarapa community has come together to voice its concerns about what could be the world&#8217;s largest wind farm project. Members of the Castle Hill Wind Farm Community Action Group presented arguments to a hearing in Masterton yesterday, where resource consent was being sought by Genesis for a massive wind farm in north Wairarapa. At the heart of the group&#8217;s concerns is increased traffic, visual and noise pollution, and the social and financial disruptions to the farming community caused .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Payment &#8216;lessens wind farm annoyance&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/02/payment-lessens-wind-farm-annoyance/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Landowners who benefit financially from wind farms on their properties sleep better than those who get no monetary compensation, a public health doctor says. Stephen Palmer – citing Dutch research from the emerging field of psychoacoustics – made the claim yesterday after delivering Regional Public Health&#8217;s neutral submission at the resource consent hearing for Genesis Energy&#8217;s proposed $1.6 billion Castle Hill Wind Farm on the Puketoi range in north Wairarapa. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter how noisy a turbine is inside a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not the end for wind farm: company</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bluff Community Board’s decision not to back the Flat Hill wind farm is not the end of the road for the project, the company behind it says. Canterbury company Energy3 planned to build eight turbines on Flat Hill, near Bluff, and filed for consent with the Invercargill City Council this month. However, board members have come out against the proposal and formally submitted against it. They cited its proximity to Green Point cemetery as culturally offensive, said the turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Community board opposes wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/22/community-board-opposes-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Bluff Community Board members agreed at a board meeting last night to send a submission to the Invercargill City Council opposing the Flat Hill wind farm proposal. The board opposed the proposal for a variety of reasons, including the possibility of turbines being in the flight path of titi (mutton birds) and visual pollution. It considered the wind farm a danger to motorists because of shadow lines being too close to State Highway 1 along with the reflection of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Opponents give up turbines battle</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/21/opponents-give-up-turbines-battle/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A proposed wind farm at Dominion Salt&#8217;s Lake Grassmere site has been given the green light by Marlborough District Council. The sole opponents, Cyril and Vanessa Schonberger, won&#8217;t appeal against the decision, which will allow the company to build five turbines with a maximum hub height of 50 metres and rotor height of 75 metres near the processing plant. The farm could generate enough electricity to power 1375 homes and the excess power would be sold back to the grid. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy firms move on wind farm plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/13/energy-firms-move-on-wind-farm-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Potential Wairarapa wind farms have met strong opposition from the public, but energy companies are determined to make use of the windy weather. Genesis Energy recently lodged a resource consent to build a 30,000 hectare wind farm at Castle Hill in North Wairarapa and Meridian Energy is looking to construct 20 turbines just south of Eketahuna, after plans for a wind farm near Martinborough were put on hold. Genesis Energy submitted its application &#8211; which could include up to 286 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine maker seeks early pay</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/11/turbine-maker-seeks-early-pay/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[NZ Windfarms, owner of Te Rere Hau wind farm in Manawatu, is facing complaints about the noise from its Windflow turbines.
 
Palmerston North City Council has sought a determination from the Environment Court as to whether the wind farm's sound levels comply with its consent conditions. ]]></description>
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		<title>Concerns over planned wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/11/concerns-over-planned-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A proposed wind farm near Bluff would be able to be seen from Invercargill and Riverton, a resident said yesterday. Bluff Community Board member Charles Te Au said he was undecided on the project. &#8220;I&#8217;m not keen on looking at them but then again I understand where they are coming from with sustainability &#8230; you&#8217;ll be able to see it everywhere from Invercargill through to Riverton.&#8221; Bluff is known as an industrial town, but Mr Te Au said its demographic .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind plan worries</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/08/wind-plan-worries/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Resistance is building to the massive $1.6 billion Castle Hill Wind Farm project in north Wairarapa. A hearing for the project is likely to be held next month, with 66 of 101 submitters opposing Genesis Energy&#8217;s resource consent application. The 30,000-hectare wind farm is the biggest to have gone through the resource consent process. Castle Hill, 20 kilometres northeast of Masterton, could produce enough energy at peak generation to power 370,000 homes for a year if Genesis&#8217;s plans are approved .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm on hold till electricity demand flurries</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/08/wind-farm-on-hold-till-electricity-demand-flurries/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Turitea wind farm is unlikely to be built for at least four years. Mighty River Power was granted consent for the 60-turbine development in the Palmerston North City Council-owned Turitea Reserve last month, after applying for a larger 131-turbine farm in 2008. Lack of growth in demand for electricity over the past three years had pushed back by several years the economic viability of the $150 million project, MRP general manager for development Mark Trigg said in the company&#8217;s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Week to gather objections</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/07/week-to-gather-objections/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The sole objectors to a wind farm at Dominion Salt have been given one week to come up with submissions supporting their opposition to the plans. A Marlborough District Council hearings subcommittee allowed Vanessa and Cyril Schonberger seven days to provide further submissions, including a medical report. Mrs Schonberger said at yesterday&#8217;s hearing that she suffered from conditions that would be made worse by noise and &#8220;shadow flicker&#8221; from the wind farm. She also claimed she had not been given .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Case for Grassmere wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/07/case-for-grassmere-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Dominion Salt yesterday presented their plans to build a wind farm at Lake Grassmere, but will have to wait at least another week to hear whether resource consent is granted. The company, which is the only salt producer in New Zealand, presented submissions from relevant industries, such as acoustics and ecology. Independent consultant and landscape architect Mike Moore that the visual amenity of the area would not significantly suffer from the development. The five-turbine wind farm would appear prominently from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm fate still up in the air</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/12/wind-farm-fate-still-up-in-the-air/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[OPINION: One of the ironies from the Government&#8217;s Turitea Wind Farm inquiry is that its final result brings us no closer to knowing whether the project will go ahead. The saga has already dragged on for years and Mighty River Power is still probably years away from pushing the go button. Or not pushing it. We&#8217;re in the hands of &#8220;market conditions&#8221;. If market conditions remain roughly the same as now for the next 10 years it seems the planned .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cut wind farm gets go-ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/07/cut-wind-farm-gets-go-ahead/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Turitea Wind Farm saga is over, ending seven years of wrangling, but the 60-turbine project may never be built. A board of inquiry appointed by the Government issued its final decision yesterday, permitting the wind farm near Palmerston North, but rejecting Mighty River Power&#8217;s eleventh-hour request for 12 extra turbines. Mighty River Power has not decided if and when it will go ahead with a project half the size of what was initially envisaged. A spokesperson said it would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm expansion declined</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/06/wind-farm-expansion-declined/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Mighty River Power&#8217;s eleventh-hour bid to have 12 extra wind turbines reinstated to its Turitea wind farm project has been declined. The small, 60-turbine development falls short of the 104-turbine project Mighty River Power wanted to build. The Board of Inquiry decision released today holds firm to the scale indicated in its draft decision in February. The power company&#8217;s request for 12 turbines to be reinstated was declined. The board, chaired by Environment Court Judge Shonagh Kenderdine, said it was .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Large windfarm approved for Manawatu-Wanganui</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/06/large-windfarm-approved-for-manawatu-wanganui/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A large 60 turbine wind farm has been approved for the Manawatu-Wanganui region. Mighty River Power Ltd lodged resource consent applications three years ago which Environment Minister Nick Smith referred to an independent board of inquiry. The proposed Turitea wind farm will be located along the ridgelines of the northern Tararua Ranges in the Turitea Reserve and on surrounding farmland 10km south-east of Palmerston North. The farm will include 33 turbines at the northern end of the site and 27 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wairarapa iwi concerned about proposed wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/02/wairarapa-iwi-concerned-about-proposed-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa says a proposal to build a huge wind farm could be an unwelcome homecoming for many descendants. Genesis Energy wants to build a turbine farm in north Wairarapa, between Masterton and the Tararua district. It would be built on about 3000 hectares across 29 properties. There would be up to 286 wind turbines which would generate enough power for 370,000 homes. A spokesperson for Ngati Kahungunu descendants with links to Wairarapa, Rawiri Smith, says some have .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Genesis planning massive windfarm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/30/genesis-planning-massive-windfarm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Genesis Energy has applied for resource consents to build a wind farm with up to 286 turbines in northern Wairarapa. The Castle Hill project would have a potential nominal capacity of up to 860 megawatts of electricity, equivalent to the amount used by 370,000 average households, Genesis said. The turbines, with a maximum height of 155m, would be within a &#8220;turbine corridor&#8221; of about 3144ha in a total site covering 30,000ha, 15km west of the Wairarapa coast north of Castlepoint. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Local participants sought for global study on wind farm impacts</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/22/local-participants-sought-for-global-study-on-wind-farm-impacts/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Like those proverbial canaries in the coal mine, chickens near wind farms may provide early clues to potential harm to health of humans and animals. That’s the contention of Hamish Cumming, a farmer battling proposed wind turbines near his home in New Zealand. He has written a letter to East County Magazine seeking help from people living near wind farms locally (and in other locations) to document cases of shell-less eggs, dead chickens, or other animals that suffer internal hemmorrhaging. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohariu Valley wind farm approval irks opponents</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/16/ohariu-valley-wind-farm-approval-irks-opponents/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A wind farm project that could power more than 35,000 Wellington homes has been given the green light – but it will have five fewer turbines than proposed. However, project opponents are not ruling out further legal action. The Environment Court decision allows 26 turbines to go ahead for the Project Mill Creek wind farm in Ohariu Valley, north of Makara. The original proposal, lodged for consent in 2008, was for 31 turbines, each standing up to 111.2-metres tall (to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meridian ordered to remove turbines in Wellington</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/16/meridian-ordered-to-remove-turbines-in-wellington/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Environment Court has ordered Meridian Energy to remove five wind turbines from a proposed wind farm near Wellington. Mill Creek was originally planned as a 31-turbine wind farm in Ohariu Valley. It was granted consent by Wellington and Porirua City Councils in 2009. The Ohariu Preservation Society appealed that decision in the Environment Court. The court has ruled the farm can go ahead, but without five turbines close to houses. The preservation society says it is disappointed the court .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Environment Court approves wind farm for Ohariu Valley, but cuts five turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/15/environment-court-approves-wind-farm-for-ohariu-valley-but-cuts-five-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[News from the Ohariu Preservation Society The Environment Court has issued its decision on the Project Mill Creek windfarm in the Ohariu Valley. The project has been approved with only 26 turbines six less than the original plan. There are also restrictions on noise and weekend traffic. Meridian Energy originally proposed 31 turbines. The RMA approved 29 turbines. The Environment Court appeal has resulted in five turbines closest to dwellings being removed from the original 31 turbines (G1, G2, G3, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm plan for &#8216;historic&#8217; Flat Hill site</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/09/wind-farm-plan-for-historic-flat-hill-site/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An eight-turbine wind farm, worth up to $15 million, could be coming to Flat Hill, near Bluff. It would have the potential to produce up to 7 megawatts of electricity and result in lower power prices for Bluff residents, but would be on a historically significant site. Energy3, a South Island company that specialises in small wind farms, showed the Bluff Community Board its proposal last night. The eight turbines would each stand 81 metres tall and produce about 850KW .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power blows in Wairarapa</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/09/wind-power-blows-in-wairarapa/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Power enough to drive 370,000 homes is still blowing in the North Wairarapa wind, says an electric company with plans for a huge wind farm. Genesis Energy last week applied for resource consents for Castle Hill Windfarm &#8211; to be based on a large hilltop site that straddles Masterton and Tararua districts. The wind farm would be New Zealand&#8217;s largest by a considerable margin. It involves up to 286 wind turbines, potentially producing 860 megawatts of electricity. According to Genesis .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Data shows wind farm site &#8216;marginal&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/09/data-shows-wind-farm-site-marginal/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A proposed wind farm site for the Kakanui range in North Otago has less wind strength than hoped, but enough for its backers to continue with investigations. The company, Waitaki Wind, was formed in 2009 by former Meridian Energy boss Keith Turner and former Waitaki mayor Alan McLay to investigate the area&#8217;s potential for renewable energy production. Over the past two years, data has been collected from two potential sites, at Dome Hills and Mt Stalker. Dr Turner told The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>More monitoring to determine wind-farm feasibility</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/08/more-monitoring-to-determine-wind-farm-feasibility/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Further monitoring will be carried out on the Kakanui Mountains to help establish the feasibility of a wind farm being investigated by Waitaki Wind Ltd. The company &#8211; owned by former Meridian Energy chief executive Keith Turner and former Waitaki mayor Alan McLay &#8211; started monitoring two sites at Mt Stalker and Dome Hills in late 2009. With 20 months of data now available, it had established Dome Hills was not suitable and Mt Stalker was &#8220;in the interesting category&#8221; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mighty River planning more turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/07/mighty-river-planning-more-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Waitahora-Puketoi Guardians are considering whether to regroup to oppose a new proposal for a wind farm on the east side of the ranges. Mighty River Power, awaiting a board of inquiry decision on whether its Turitea wind farm development near Palmerston North can go ahead, has lodged a fresh application for resource consent to build a 53-turbine wind farm on the Puketoi Range 40km south of Dannevirke. MRP&#8217;s general manager Mark Trigg said wind conditions at the site rivalled any .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mighty River Power plans wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/03/mighty-river-power-plans-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[State-owned power generator Mighty River Power has lodged resource consent applications for a 53-turbine windfarm on the Puketoi Range, 40km south of Dannevirke. The project will be connected to the national grid. The company&#8217;s general manager of development, Mark Trigg, said the wind resource in the area was of exceptional quality. At full capacity, the windfarm could provide enough electricity to power the wider Tararua, Wairarapa and Manawatu regions. The company has applied for consent to build a 61-turbine windfarm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pair run turbine but oppose wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/26/pair-run-turbine-but-oppose-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Noise and safety concerns for residents and birdlife are behind a Blind River couple&#8217;s opposition to a proposed wind farm on the hills above the Lake Grassmere salt works. Vanessa and Cyril Schonberger live 1.5 kilometres north of the proposed wind farm, which will include up to seven towers. Dominion Salt which owns the salt works south of Seddon, applied to the Marlborough District Council last month for a series of consents to build the wind farm to power the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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