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		<title>Project Hayes comment caution issued</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Parties involved in an Environment Court appeal hearing on Meridian Energy&#8217;s proposed $1.5 billion Project Hayes wind farm have been told to stop discussing the development with media outside the court.
At the hearing at Cromwell yesterday, Judge Jon Jackson urged all parties involved to be restrained in their dealings with national radio, television, and print media where Project Hayes was concerned.
&#8220;Opponents of the Meridian proposal and their friends have been rather vocal in their opinion of the project.
&#8220;We remind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The Case against Project Hayes</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this edited extract from Brian Turner&#8217;s new book Into The Wider World, the author sets out his opposition to the wind-energy electricity scheme proposed by Meridian Energy for the Lammermoor Range.
 I&#8217;ve lost count of the number of people who have told me that opposing energy companies and their projects is a waste of time and money, an exercise in futility.
&#8220;The odds are stacked against you,&#8221; they say, and by and large I agree with that, especially when the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Project Hayes hearing on hold till 2009</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Project Hayes wind farm Environment Court hearing has been abandoned until next year after opponents won the right to present new evidence.
Effectively this means all the expert witnesses for both Meridian Energy and appellant groups relating to landscape and visual effects as well as transmission might have to be recalled.
The new evidence relates to cumulative effects based on the Mahinerangi wind farm.
Judge Jon Jackson made his decision yesterday to grant the Maniototo Environmental Society an application for new evidence, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Effect more than minor, ecologist tells hearing</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The clearance of indigenous tussock on the Lammermoor Range as a result of Meridian Energy&#8217;s proposed Project Hayes wind farm development would have a more than minor effect on ecology at the site, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
Wildland Consultants Ltd botanist and ecologist Kelvin Lloyd, of Dunedin, gave evidence at the hearing on the potential effect of about 300ha of indigenous vegetation being cleared across the proposed 92sq km site.
Dr Lloyd said the overall effect of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Crown submission favours wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Meridian Energy&#8217;s proposed &#36;1.5 billion Project Hayes wind farm in Central Otago has beneficial implications for the whole country, an Environment Court appeal hearing for the development was told yesterday.
Crown counsel Malcolm Parker, of Wellington, said an all-of-Government submission in support of Project Hayes was lodged by the Crown as the development would help New Zealand reach its future objectives in terms of climate change, renewable energy, and increased energy supply to meet demand.
&#8220;The proposed wind farm has implications .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>West Wind land battle looms; Project West Wind hits consent snag as farmer fights planned road expansion</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meridian Energy’s Project West Wind might fail to meet its deadline for resource consent conditions after becoming embroiled in a land battle with a determined Ohariu Valley farmer. The wind farm battle was revealed in a report to the Makara/Ohariu Community Board by Wellington City Council staff. “The remaining road works required by the Meridian resource consent, adjacent to the Hook property, on Makara Road have been held up due to a land ownership issue. “We are currently getting legal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Claim act hinders projects</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The complex, time-consuming and costly Resource Management Act consent process is one reason the wind energy industry struggles in New Zealand, says Bernhard Voll, technical director of Allco Wind Energy.
The Australian company is involved in three wind farm projects, including one at Waverley.
Mr Voll says the RMA is in theory a good instrument to cover all necessary aspects for a new development, &#8220;unfortunately in practice it is different with several parties trying to exploit the system and excessive submissions being .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ngai Tahu paid for land value &#39;mitigation&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ngai Tahu was paid a substantial mitigation package for land values on the Lammermoor Range by Meridian Energy before the Project Hayes consent hearing started.
Ngai Tahu communications manager Phil Tumataroa would not reveal the amount and said the mitigation package was not just about the money.
Negotiations with Meridian Energy were clear and transparent and the organisation was never going to oppose the wind farm.
&#8220;We have nothing to hide,&#8221; he said.
A statement from Kai Tahu ki Otago chairman Edward Ellison said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Project Hayes turns into &#39;legal minefield&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Project Hayes has turned into a &#8220;legal minefield&#8221;, with Meridian Energy having to convince the Environment Court not to let the Mahinerangi wind farm appeal decision have an impact on its own case.
Judge Jon Jackson will not be making a decision about allowing the Maniototo Environmental Society to present new evidence relating to cumulative effects until at least Friday.
He reserved his decision yesterday, after hearing submissions from both sides, and said it could even be next week before he decided.
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meridian asked to ease wind farm fears</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meridian Energy has been asked to deal with concerns about the environmental impact of a 31-turbine wind farm planned for Ohariu Valley.
The power company has applied to Wellington City Council and Greater Wellington regional council for consent to develop Mill Creek wind farm in the valley, west of Wellington. The project requires earthworks to provide extra roads to the turbine sites and upgrade existing public roads.
The regional council has asked the company to address concerns about sediment discharges and stream .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/05/meridian-asked-to-ease-wind-farm-fears/</link>
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		<title>National plans fast-track system</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A National-led Cabinet would decide which crucial projects to fast-track under its plans to shake up the Resource Management Act (RMA), party environment spokesman Nick Smith says.
National says fixing the act would be one of its priorities if it wins this year&#8217;s general election. It wants to introduce a two-phase system in which priority consents would have to be processed within nine months.
The proposal, announced by party leader John Key and Smith at the weekend, has generated cautious interest.
However, observers .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/05/national-plans-fast-track-system/</link>
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		<title>TrustPower says transmission pricing may stall power projects</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[TrustPower Ltd., operator of New Zealand&#8217;s largest wind farm, said NZ&#36;1.3 billion (&#36;940 million) of wind and hydro-electric power projects it plans are unlikely to go ahead without a change in transmission pricing.
TrustPower has approval to build a 200-megawatt wind farm near Dunedin on the South Island and was today granted approval to build a 72-megawatt hydro project near Blenheim. Neither project, nor two others awaiting approval, are likely to proceed because of costs charged to South Island generators, TrustPower .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New details may knock Project Hayes case</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Mahinerangi wind farm&#8217;s appeal decision could undermine Project Hayes&#8217; chances of getting approved, if the Environment Court allows new evidence to be introduced on cumulative effects.
Judge Jon Jackson will decide today whether to grant a request by the Maniototo Environmental Society to introduce new material based on the cumulative landscape and visual effects of both wind farms.
If approved, there could be a holdup with the Project Hayes wind farm appeal, to allow both parties to consider the new evidence.
Meridian .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Call for fresh evidence on wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ An application for new evidence to be heard at an Environment Court appeal hearing for Meridian Energy&#8217;s proposed &#36;1.5 billion Project Hayes wind farm will be decided this morning.
Appellant party Maniototo Environmental Society (MES) counsel Mike Holm, of Auckland, lodged an application for new evidence to be heard in relation to possible cumulative effects of both Project Hayes and the Mahinerangi wind farm.
As TrustPower&#8217;s &#36;400 million Mahinerangi project, which would sit southeast of the proposed Project Hayes site, was .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>How windy is the Project Hayes site&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[What’s the issue at stake? It blows a lot on the Lammermoor Range according to Meridian Energy – and the combination of wind speed and the scale of the Project Hayes site makes it one of the best in the world.
We have to take their word for it because the wind data remains confidential, except from a select few wind farm opponents who were finally given access to the information on Friday night.
Meridian was asked to make the wind data .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Environment Court to consider cumulative effects of wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The cumulative effects of the Mahinerangi wind farm and others around New Zealand needed to be considered before a decision could be made about Project Hayes, Environment Court judge Jon Jackson said in Cromwell yesterday.
Judge Jackson was responding to a question from Maniototo Environmental Society counsel Mike Holm about the appropriateness of making an application for new evidence &#8212; including the Mahinerangi wind farm decision released by the Environment Court this week &#8212; to be heard.
The judge agreed it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Not enough wind, not enough rain &#8212; TrustPower earnings slump</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[TrustPower says earnings will be hit by a lack of wind for its turbines and a lack of rain for its dams during the first part of this year.
Low hydro inflows and not enough wind meant it was pushed into buying power to supply its own customers on the spot market &#8212; where the very same climatic conditions had pushed prices sky high.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and fair value movement of financial instruments would be down by between .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mill Creek: Council recommends fewer turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington City Council planners have recommended the proposed Mill Creek wind farm in the Ohariu Valley be given the go-ahead – but with fewer wind turbines.
The Council planning officer’s report to the upcoming hearing on Meridian Energy’s proposed wind farm recommends approval be given for 25 turbines rather than the 31 turbines proposed by Meridian Energy.
Council Local Area Planning Manager Dougal List says the removal of six turbines at the southern end of the site would lessen the visual and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohariu wind farm may be cut back</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wellington City Council is recommending that Meridian Energy&#8217;s 31-turbine Mill Creek wind farm be scaled back to just 25 turbines.
A report by planning officers says six turbines should be removed at the southern end of the Ohariu Valley site.
Nearly 700 submissions were received on Meridian&#8217;s proposal, which includes 111-metre high turbines projected to generate 71 megawatts of power – enough for 35,000 homes.
The council&#8217;s recommendations will be reported to a hearing on Meridian&#8217;s resource-consent application, due to start on August .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm hearing put off indefinitely by applicant</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The on-again, off-again Waverley wind farm consent hearing is off again &#8212; this time, indefinitely.
The applicant, Australian-based Allco Wind Energy, now says it wants to sell the project first.
&#8220;We want the new owner to conduct the hearing, rather than Allco being involved as a seller,&#8221; Allco&#8217;s technical director Bernhard Voll said.
The hearing had been rescheduled for August 12. The South Taranaki District Council advised all parties on Monday that Allco had requested a further two-month postponement.
Senior planner Blair Sutherland said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meridian agrees to release wind data</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meridian Energy has finally agreed to hand over its Project Hayes wind data to appellant groups but wants them to sign a confidentiality agreement.
Groups opposing the Lammermoor Range wind farm say the company has been reluctant to release its data despite repeated requests for it to be made public.
Merdian wind technical strategy manager Paul Botha told the Environment Court yesterday the data was case sensitive.
When cross-examined Maniototo Environmental and Central Otago Environmental societies lawyer Mike Holm about how much data .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/30/meridian-agrees-to-release-wind-data/</link>
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		<title>TrustPower asked to look again at project</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Environment Court wants TrustPower to look again at its &#36;400 million Mahinerangi wind farm project, saying it is not confident 100 turbines can be accommodated on the 1723ha site.
In its interim decision released yesterday, the court rejected the appeal against the project by the Upland Landscape Protection Society but asked TrustPower to do more homework on how many turbines it needs and where they should go.
However, the court said it accepted the wind farm would benefit the district, the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/29/trustpower-asked-to-look-again-at-project/</link>
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		<title>Transmission upgrade might not accommodate all wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The variant nature of wind energy generation could be costly to power users, and it is possible a &#36;100 million transmission upgrade will not accommodate all wind farms currently proposed, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
Upland Landscape Protection Society counsel Nick Russell, of Wellington, told the Project Hayes hearing in Cromwell constant variations in wind energy generation would strain the national transmission grid, which would in turn cost system operators.
Those costs would be handed down to power consumers, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/29/transmission-upgrade-might-not-accommodate-all-wind-farms/</link>
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		<title>Upgrade &#39;not enough&#39; for two wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Transpower&#8217;s proposed stage one South Island transmission upgrade won&#8217;t be enough to support both Project Hayes and the Mahinerangi wind farms if they are built at the same time, Meridian Energy believes.
The company&#8217;s transmission expert Guy Waipara, who was formerly Transpower&#8217;s grid development manager, told the Environment Court in Cromwell yesterday he did not think there was enough room for both wind farms.
He said approval for the stage one upgrade, estimated to cost &#36;40 million and expected in the next .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/29/upgrade-not-enough-for-two-wind-farms/</link>
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		<title>Wind project dependent on grid upgrade</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ New Zealand&#8217;s largest proposed wind farm will not be built unless there is an intended upgrade of the national electricity grid, an Environment Court appeal hearing has been told.
Meridian Energy counsel Andrew Beatson, of Wellington, said yesterday the company&#8217;s proposed &#36;1.5 billion Project Hayes wind farm on the Lammermoor Range would only be built if it was deemed economically viable.
Mr Beatson said the national grid would have to be upgraded for Project Hayes to go ahead.
&#8220;If the project obtains .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/28/wind-project-dependent-on-grid-upgrade/</link>
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		<title>&#36;400 million windfarm approved</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Trustpower&#8217;s &#36;400 million Mahinerangi wind farm has been approved by the Environment Court, the Otago Daily Times has been told.
No official details were available yesterday.
Upland Landscape Protection Society legal co-ordinator Ewan Carr said in Cromwell yesterday the wind farm had been approved by the court, &#8220;subject to conditions&#8221;.
&#8220;But we don&#8217;t know what the conditions are.
We will reserve comment until we&#8217;ve a bit more understanding of the decision,&#8221; he said.
The project was originally approved by a joint committee of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/28/400-million-windfarm-approved/</link>
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		<title>Naseby pub owner fights Project Hayes</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Naseby pub owner is funding an appeal against Project Hayes using international climate change experts who challenge the common view that man-made CO2 gases cause global warming.
Auckland-based Roch Sutherland, who owns the Ancient Briton Hotel, told The Southland Times outside the Environment Court in Cromwell yesterday the Government-supported wind farm proposed for the Lammermoor Range would have devastating effects on electricity prices by penalising thermal generators.
The Government is considering a 10-year moratorium on new fossil fuel power stations and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/28/naseby-pub-owner-fights-project-hayes/</link>
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		<title>Project Hayes opponent disputes global warming</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cited environmental benefits of Meridian Energy&#8217;s proposed Project Hayes wind farm were based on misleading scientific information, an Environment Court appeal hearing in Cromwell was told yesterday.
Prof Bob Carter, of Queensland, Australia, appeared as a witness for appellant Roch Sullivan to give evidence at the hearing on issues of climate change.
Prof Carter said the Government&#8217;s justification of its support of Project Hayes &#8212; in order to reduce global warming &#8212; was a waste of time and money.
&#8220;No significant increase in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/28/project-hayes-opponent-disputes-global-warming/</link>
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		<title>Dollar may impact windfarm economics</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[TrustPower, the power station operator controlled by Infratil, said a decline in the New Zealand dollar may reduce the economics of wind farms.
The company typically buys its turbines in euros and its towers in US dollars, which have both weakened against the kiwi.
The company is gearing up to expand its wind farms in Australia, where it is to install about 140 MW of generators, and in New Zealand, where it has consents for more turbines.
The kiwi&#8217;s decline &#8220;may make wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/28/dollar-may-impact-windfarm-economics/</link>
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		<title>Hearing on Project Hayes will resume today</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ An Environment Court appeal hearing for Meridian Energy&#8217;s proposed &#36;1.5 billion Project Hayes wind farm in Central Otago will resume at Cromwell today.
Judge Jon Jackson, commissioners Alex Sutherland and Heather McConachy, and deputy commissioner Ken Fletcher will hear arguments relating to the construction logistics and effects of the 176-turbine development proposed for the Lammermoor Range. 
In May, the first two weeks of the six-week hearing centred on landscape and visual impacts of the wind farm.
The next two weeks of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/28/hearing-on-project-hayes-will-resume-today/</link>
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		<title>Meridian&#39;s wind farm process flawed: Nats</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Debate over the proposed northern Rangitikei wind farm won&#8217;t blow over quickly.
Rangitikei MP Simon Power has criticised Meridian Energy&#8217;s Central Wind project, and said the company had not listened to resident&#8217;s complaints.
Meridian plans to erect 52 turbines near Moawhango on the border between the Rangitikei and Ruapehu districts.
However, the plan has attracted opposition from some locals who claim the turbines will ruin their view of Mt Ruapehu and other scenery.
Mr Power has met with the &#8220;Rangitikei Guardians&#8221;, a lobby group .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/25/meridians-wind-farm-process-flawed-nats/</link>
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		<title>Turbine plan open days</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A steady flow of people wanting to know more about Mighty River Power&#8217;s planned wind farm in the Turitea Reserve near Palmerston North showed up for the company&#8217;s first information day about the project yesterday.
Many of them were property owners in the vicinity of the planned development on a ridge 11 kilometres south-east of Palmerston North.
If the project gets the green light, turbines will be visible on the skyline from Fitzherbert Avenue.
Mighty River Power is hosting information days this week .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/23/turbine-plan-open-days/</link>
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		<title>Project Hayes and global warming</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Press Release: Roch Sullivan
MEDIA RELEASE
Project Hayes And Global Warming
When the Environment Court reconvenes this month for Meridian’s Project Hayes case, it will hear from leading international climate scientists whose evidence will challenge the credibility of the popular view that man made carbon dioxed causes dangerous global warming.
Aucklander Roch Sullivan, who is calling the scientists to give evidence in support of his appeal, says that Meridian and Government rely heavily on the benefits of mitigating the effects of manmade global warming .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/23/project-hayes-and-global-warming/</link>
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		<title>Contact eyes North Island wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[New Zealand’s Contact Energy said it is considering building a new 177-megawatt windfarm on the Puketoi range near Dannevirke on the North Island.
Contact said in a statement today the NZ&#36;500 million (US&#36;380.8 million) proposed project would comprise about 65 turbines and would produce enough electricity for up to 86,000 homes.
The company had already signed a land use permit with a property owner in the area and said it was in consultation with other landowners in the area and the local .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/21/contact-eyes-north-island-wind-farm/</link>
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		<title>New wind farm proposed for southern Hawke&#39;s Bay</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Contact Energy is considering spending &#36;500 million developing a wind farm on the Puketoi Range near Dannevirke in southern Hawke&#8217;s Bay.
The proposed Waitahora wind farm would be up to 177 megawatts in size and have 65 turbines, producing enough electricity to power up to 86,000 homes on land currently used for pastoral farming.
Contact had signed a land use agreement with a private land owner, chief executive David Baldwin said.
A resource consent was likely to be filed later this year.
&#8220;This is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/21/new-wind-farm-proposed-for-southern-hawkes-bay/</link>
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		<title>Wind power falls short this winter</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Officials figures indicate that the wind energy sector did not produce enough power this winter.
A combination of officially encouraged power savings, timely rain and heavy production by fossil fuel stations has helped reduce the risk of serious energy shortages for the rest of the winter.
However, official production figures show a large number of still days meant wind energy failed to play its part.
During some weeks in autumn, Meridian Energy&#8217;s Te Apiti wind farm produced only one sixth of its .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/19/wind-power-falls-short-this-winter/</link>
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		<title>Approval sought for Turitea turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A supplier of turbines for a planned wind farm at the Turitea Reserve is yet to be signed up, but Mighty River Power has confirmed three-bladed turbines will be used if the project goes ahead.
The state-owned enterprise announced this week it will seek resource consents to build up to 131 turbines in the Turitea water catchment and neighbouring properties, 11 kilometres south-east of Palmerston North. Three independent commissioners are expected to hear the case.
Palmerston North Mayor Jono Naylor said the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/18/approval-sought-for-turitea-turbines/</link>
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		<title>Wind farm at Turitea moves closer</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mighty River Power plans to build up to 131 wind turbines in Palmerston North&#8217;s Turitea Reserve and on neighbouring properties.
The state-owned company confirmed yesterday it will seek resource consents for the wind farm, which could potentially generate up to 360 megawatts of electricity for the national grid, enough to power 150,000 houses. Consistent wind speeds at the northern end of the Tararua Forest Park make the site potentially &#8220;one of New Zealand&#8217;s most successful wind generation developments&#8221;, according to Mighty .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mt Maungatua wind-farm proposal grows 25%</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ A proposed 40-turbine wind farm on a ridge behind Mt Maungatua above the Taieri Plain has been increased in size by 25% into a &#36;50 million project which would produce enough power for 11,250 homes.
In March last year, Windpower Maungatua Ltd announced its proposal to build a 40-turbine, 20MW wind farm on a second ridge well back from the Mt Maungatua face which overlooks the plain, with power output for about 9000 households.
However, Windpower Maungatua director Dave Tucker said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Against the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind power is the most environmentally sound way of meeting New Zealand&#8217;s expanding energy needs. Right, says a Government struggling to meet its Kyoto commitments to reduce carbon emissions. Wrong, say opponents of the plan to build the southern hemisphere&#8217;s largest wind farm in a remote corner of Central Otago.
Snow flakes are swirling across the top of a hilltop plateau carpeted with snow and stumpy clumps of tussock. Facial muscles and fingers stiffen in the icy cold.
Perched beside a rocky .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/11/against-the-wind-3/</link>
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		<title>National wind farm noise standard to be reviewed</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[National noise standards that govern wind farms are to be reviewed.
Fraser Clark, chief executive of industry group the Wind Energy Association, said a committee of experts had been set up to review the 10-year-old NZS6808, which sets limits for all environmental noise.
Members would include representatives from the health and environment ministries, local government, community boards and universities.
Wind farm opponents complain that the noise standard is inadequate for measuring the types and levels of noise created by wind turbines. Acoustic experts .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/11/national-wind-farm-noise-standard-to-be-reviewed/</link>
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		<title>Group to fight southern wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A lobby group formed to fight a proposed North Canterbury wind farm wants MainPower to move to another site.
The Mount Cass Ridge Protection Society says it supports wind generation and recognises the potential for it in North Canterbury, but is opposed to the Mount Cass location, on the coast east of Waipara.
MainPower lodged an application for the wind farm late last month, claiming it would put &#36;38 million into the local economy and provide enough power for homes in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tide turns on wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The tide of public opinion about wind farms might be turning, as a majority of submissions on one proposed in Ohariu Valley are against it.
Wellington City Council released the results of the submissions on Meridian&#8217;s proposed industrial wind installation that is bitterly opposed by almost all of the 100 or so residents of the small community to the west of Wellington.
Of about 780 submissions received by the council, 410 were against, 380 for and there were five neutral submissions on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Family to measure wind farm &#39;misery&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[An Ashhurst family have been asked to record noise from wind turbines they say are making life a misery.
The Brock family, who have complained about loud noise and low-frequency sound from Meridian Energy&#8217;s Te Apiti wind farm since 2004, say Meridian has now sent them a recorder and microphone to use on days the turbines are especially noisy.
Wendy Brock said the recorder would catch the roar of the turbines during strong easterlies, but would not register the low-frequency sound that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals lodged against wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Trustpower is objecting to a development levy that will be imposed on its plans to construct a major wind farm near Gore, and has filed an Environment Court appeal to try and have the &#36;800,000 bill wiped.
The power company&#8217;s &#36;400 million Kaiwera Downs project was granted consent by the Gore District Council last month.
It wants to build a 240MW wind farm on rural land 15km southeast of Gore.
The consent decision has also attracted an appeal from Upland Landscape Protection .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tree root a part of wind farm&#39;s foundation</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Foundations similar to a tree root are being used for wind turbines near Palmerston North &#8212; a first in New Zealand. Work has started on erecting 28 turbine towers at the Te Rere Hau wind farm owned by a consortium including New Zealand Windfarms.
&#8220;The foundations are smaller and smarter and reduce earthworks by about 60 percent,&#8221; said NZ Windfarms chief executive Chris Freear.
They require 40 percent less concrete than traditional gravity pad designs, he said.
Mr Freear said each turbine tower .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sparks fly over wind power plan</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The proposed northern Rangitikei wind farm will generate enough energy to power 50,000 homes, but sparks are already flying over the plan.
A local lobby group, dubbed the &#8220;Rangitikei Guardians&#8221;, claims Meridian Energy&#8217;s Central Wind project will spoil the district&#8217;s natural beauty.
About 25 locals are involved in the group, which came into existence after Meridian announced plans to erect 52 turbines near Moawhango on the border of the Rangitikei and Ruapehu districts.
Rangitikei Guardians spokesperson Gill Duncan said the wind farm is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Potential for wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind farm company investigating a small-scale development on one of South Otago&#8217;s higher points is pleased with initial testing and is confident it will eventually lodge a resource consent application for the project.
NZ Windfarms Ltd has placed a 30m high monitoring mast on a Mt Stuart farm 16km northwest of Milton, as it gathers more data to support its plans for a 10-turbine wind farm.
The company&#8217;s chief executive this week suggested the early results were more than promising.
Chief executive .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm developer plans to fight levy</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trustpower does not want to pay the Gore District Council a development levy for its &#36;380 million wind farm and is prepared to take its fight to the Environment Court.
The company has lodged an appeal against its own project, taking issue with resource consent conditions relating to the levy, the exclusion of wind-farm landowners from a community consultation group and shadow flicker rules.
If successful, TrustPower wants the council to cover the costs of its appeal.
Otago-based group the Upland Landscape Protection .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Third big wind farm planned for Wellington</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A planned third wind farm could take the number of turbines dotting Wellington&#8217;s wind-swept outer hills to more than 140 &#8212; together providing enough electricity to power every home in the city when operating at full capacity.
The proposal, which has yet to receive resource consent, would place between 20 and 50 New Zealand-made turbines in Long Gully, which runs south behind the Brooklyn wind turbine in Wellington.
State-owned Mighty River Power has signed a deal with New Zealand turbine manufacturer Windflow .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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