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		<title>Experts clash over wind farm noise</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/20/experts-clash-over-wind-farm-noise/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Experts could be summonsed to the Turitea Wind Farm board of inquiry as acoustic consultants argue over whether a new noise standard will be effective in protecting nearby residents.
One expert, Philip Dickinson, has broken ranks with acoustic experts on the appropriateness of the new standard and has been scathing about potential negative health effects, including sleep disruption.
In a letter to Director General of Public Health, Mark Jacobs, Prof Dickinson said the methodology under-predicted the sound residents actually received from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Call for axed turbines to be restored</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ A farmer involved in the Turitea Wind Farm proposal has told a board of inquiry he wants some turbines axed by Mighty River Power reinstated.
John Love said the power company&#8217;s redesign, which saw 17 turbines removed from its proposal, created &#8220;illogical gaps&#8221; in the wind farm layout. Some turbines cut from the project should instead have been moved, he said.
The Greens Rd resident said the man who led the redesign, Stephen Brown, did not take into account local support .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms too much trouble, says councillor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Palmerston North City Council will block any further wind farm construction in the area if the Turitea project does not go ahead, a city councillor says.
Michael Feyen was giving evidence before a government-appointed board of inquiry yesterday, opposing the wind farm Mighty River Power wants to build about 10 kilometres southeast of the city centre.
The council has a contractual agreement with the state-owned enterprise as landowner of the proposed site. But Mr Feyen said if the project was denied .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Power scheme changes &#8216;minimal&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/17/power-scheme-changes-minimal/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Mighty River Power has been accused of causing emotional and financial stress by being unwilling to compromise on its plans to build more than 100 turbines on the Tararua Range near Palmerston North.
Greens Rd resident John Adams told the Turitea Wind Farm board of inquiry yesterday that the power company&#8217;s &#8220;minimalist&#8221; redesign was a tactic to exhaust opponents of the project.
Residents affected by the proposal had to make sacrifices such as getting time off work to participate in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines &#8217;still dominate landscape despite plan change&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ The overall visual impact of Mighty River Power&#8217;s redesigned Turitea Wind Farm proposal is nearly the same as the impact of the previous plan, according to a landscape expert.
Cutting some turbines from the proposal made a big difference at some viewpoints, but their dominance on the skyline was &#8220;essentially unchanged&#8221;, said landscape architect for Palmerston North City Council, Clive Anstey.
A board of inquiry hearing resumed this week to determine whether Mighty River Power should be allowed to build a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm&#8217;s size cut to abate impact</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/16/wind-farms-size-cut-to-abate-impact/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ The contentious Turitea Wind Farm project was cut back to make sure turbines would not be &#8220;overly dominant&#8221;, a board of inquiry has been told.
Stephen Brown, who led Mighty River Power&#8217;s redesign, which meant 21 potential turbine zones were axed, said the adjusted proposal significantly reduced the project&#8217;s environmental effects.
After seven weeks of debate last year, the Turitea wind farm hearing resumed in Palmerston North yesterday in front of a board of inquiry weighing up whether or not to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Conditions a threat to wind farm, says Mighty River</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/16/conditions-a-threat-to-wind-farm-says-mighty-river/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ A state-owned power company is warning that its proposed Turitea wind farm may not go ahead if the project is constrained any further.
Mighty River Power&#8217;s lawyer made the comment before a Government-appointed board of inquiry on the first day of the restarted resource consent hearing yesterday.
The hearing had been adjourned since September, so Mighty River could redesign its proposal to build a wind farm about 10 kilometres southeast of the centre of Palmerston North.
The original design has gone from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Engineers worried at supply security with wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/engineers-worried-at-supply-security-with-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Engineers are warning that the need to provide back up for intermittent wind-generated electricity is emerging as a significant concern for maintaining supply when hydro lakes are low in dry years.
A new report on this country&#8217;s electricity generation also said that the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand (Ipenz) considered that the target of producing 90 percent of New Zealand&#8217;s electricity from renewables by 2025 was never practical, and it recommended the government remove the target.
Ipenz is also pushing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm decision &#8216;vital for industry&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/wind-farm-decision-vital-for-industry/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ The round of Turitea wind farm hearings starting today are likely to be the last – and the decision could have major implications for the future of wind generation in New Zealand, an industry expert says.
Mighty River Power&#8217;s proposal to build a wind farm about 10 kilometres southeast of Palmerston North has drawn debate and delay since it was publicly notified on January 24 last year.
The proposal is before a board of inquiry, which spent seven weeks from last .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy target &#8216;not practical&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/15/renewable-energy-target-not-practical/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ New Zealand&#8217;s ambition of being 90 per cent reliant on renewable electricity by 2025 is a pipedream, the Institution of Professional Engineers (Ipenz) says.
In a report on electricity generation in New Zealand, Ipenz said, by its calculations, the amount of power generated from renewable sources – such as hydro, wind and geothermal – would only be about 71 per cent in 15 years.&#8221;Ninety per cent is not, and never was, a practical target.
&#8220;It is incompatible with the New Zealand .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Opponents to wind farm blown off speaking list</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/opponents-to-wind-farm-blown-off-speaking-list/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Three quarters of the people who want a board of inquiry to listen to their arguments about the redesigned Turitea Wind Farm proposal won&#8217;t get the chance to present their views aloud. Just 26 submitters out of 103 who indicated they wanted to speak have been given a slot by the board.
Mighty River Power has reduced the scale of its planned farm on the Tararua Range from a maximum of 121 wind turbines to 104.
Commissioners said they didn&#8217;t want .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Contact trims wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/13/contact-trims-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Contact Energy has cut back the number of turbines in its resource consent application to the board of inquiry considering its Waikato west coast wind farm.
The Tuakau-based board of inquiry hearing into the project was adjourned in May, with Contact granted 12 months&#8217; extra time to prepare planning detail requested by the board.
Eleven turbines have been removed from the original 180 proposed for the Hauauru Ma Raki wind farm which would be spread over isolated country from Te Akau .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Back into the tempest; Old wounds caused by Turitea Wind Farm proposal about to be reopened</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/11/back-into-the-tempest-old-wounds-caused-by-turitea-wind-farm-proposal-about-to-be-reopened/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The ceasefire will soon be over. A high-stakes battle to determine the future of Palmerston North&#8217;s southern skyline is about to resume, and the battle-weary combatants will again push their arguments for and against the controversial proposed Turitea Wind Farm.
There have already been seven weeks of public debate about Mighty River Power&#8217;s plans to build a large wind farm on the Tararua Range near the city.
But next week the arguments will focus on a reworked layout. Seventeen wind turbines have .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ear of Mighty River limited to the few</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/10/ear-of-mighty-river-limited-to-the-few/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ People who want to tell a board of inquiry what they think of the redesigned Turitea Wind Farm proposal will soon find out if the board wants to hear from them.
Of 225 submitters on Mighty River Power&#8217;s adjusted proposal, 103 people said they wanted to speak to the board, but the board is unlikely to give all of them a slot at the hearing, which resumes in Palmerston North next week.
Mighty River Power wants to build up to 104 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents baffled at exclusions</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/05/residents-baffled-at-exclusions/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Residents near the proposed Turitea Wind Farm say they do not need Mighty River Power to protect them from the media.
The power company has conducted community consultation meetings with residents of Kahuterawa Rd and Greens Rd about traffic management, but other people who wanted to attend, including media, were not welcome.
Mighty River appeared to be worried that the presence of the press could make residents less frank in expressing their views.
However, Kahuterawa Rd resident Helen Harker said residents would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Low prices contribute to NZ Windfarms loss</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/05/low-prices-contribute-to-nz-windfarms-loss/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ NZ Windfarms has reported a $6.53 million first-half loss fuelled by low electricity prices and asset impairments.
The wind farm operator is now focused on a sizeable capital raising.
Chairman Derek Walker said the company needed well north of $10m, with a market announcement on the capital raising to come shortly.
A remaining fourth stage wind turbine installation project was due to be completed in the first quarter of 2011 &#8220;all going well&#8221;.
The company – based around a wind farm at Te .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-farm rules likely to change</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/04/wind-farm-rules-likely-to-change/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ A new noise standard is unlikely to make a significant difference to the Turitea Wind Farm proposal.
But the slightly more comprehensive system is set to become a factor in future wind farm applications.
The new standard replaces the 1998 version.
New Zealand Wind Energy Association chief executive Fraser Clark said it would provide communities, councils and developers with up-to-date methods for the prediction, measurement and assessment of sound from wind farms. &#8220;In addition, it recommends noise limits that ensure people will .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Layout changes &#8216;not enough&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/04/layout-changes-not-enough/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ The major contractual partners of the proposed Turitea Wind Farm near Palmerston North are slightly closer to agreement, but remain a long way from seeing eye to eye.
Mighty River Power wants up to 104 turbines.
Palmerston North City Council senior planner Jeff Baker believes 28 would be acceptable.
The merits of the power company&#8217;s redesigned layout – featuring up to 104 turbines instead of the 121 maximum it wanted before – will be publicly debated when a government board of inquiry .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The brewing tempest over wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/02/the-brewing-tempest-over-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[People living near turbines increasingly report sleep deprivation, headaches and vertigo. The wind lobby says there&#8217;s no proof.
Imagine this scenario: The oil and gas industry launches an aggressive global drilling program with a new type of well. Thousands of these new wells, once operational, emit a noxious odor so offensive that many of the people living within a mile of them are kept awake at night. Some are even forced to move out of their homes. It&#8217;s easy to predict .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Farm Noise &#8211; Revised Acoustics Standard</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/01/wind-farm-noise-revised-acoustics-standard/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind Farm Noise – Revised Acoustics Standard Published
Standards New Zealand has published Acoustics – Wind farm noise NZS 6808:2010. The revised and improved Standard recommends limits on wind farm noise.
NZS 6808:2010 provides tools to assess, measure, and limit noise from wind turbines. The revised Standard is expected to form the basis of noise-related conditions for all newly consented wind farms in New Zealand.
Local authorities (district and city councils), wind farm developers, and acoustics consultants who monitor compliance with resource consent .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New Rules to Manage Wind Farms in Porirua City</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/25/new-rules-to-manage-wind-farms-in-porirua-city/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Porirua City Council is leading the way by setting rules to manage the city&#8217;s valued rural and coastal landscapes while encouraging renewable energy sources in innovative way.
Recommendations by the &#8220;Proposed Plan Change 7 – Wind Farms&#8221; Hearings Subcommittee were adopted by Council last night.
This is believed to be the first change to a District Plan specifically around wind farms in the country to ensure the interests of the nation&#8217;s renewable energy needs are managed alongside the local community&#8217;s needs. 
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meridian primed for growth</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/24/meridian-primed-for-growth/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ State-owned Meridian Energy says its planned wind farms and hydro power projects will be its &#8220;engine for growth&#8221; in future as it eyes a $600 million profit for the year.
Meridian has new large wind farms proposed, with one under way near Raglan, although some are subject to appeal and others face strong local opposition.
The company posted a $142m profit in the December half year yesterday, in a turnaround from a drought-hit $20.5m loss in the previous half year.
Chief executive .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm turbine having &#8216;teething troubles&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/23/wind-farm-turbine-having-teething-troubles/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Two out of three generators at Otago&#8217;s first wind farm are performing well, but the third is going through some &#8220;teething troubles&#8221;.
Pioneer Generation started producing power from its Horseshoe Bend wind farm, 15km east of Roxburgh, in late October.
All three machines had been operating for about a month, but &#8220;teething troubles&#8221; had recently developed with one, Pioneer chief executive Peter Dowling said.
&#8220;It&#8217;s nothing major, but we&#8217;ve been having a few problems in the past month with one of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Save Central group opposes Feds&#8217; bid to join appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/23/save-central-group-opposes-feds-bid-to-join-appeal/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ A lobby group dedicated to protecting the natural landscape of Central Otago has opposed an application by Federated Farmers to join the appeal against the Environment Court&#8217;s Project Hayes decision.
Federated Farmers lodged an affidavit this month to join the Meridian Energy-led appeal against the November court decision, which cancelled consents granted by the Otago Regional Council and Central Otago District Council in a 350-page decision.
The Save Central group, a vociferous opponent of the 176-turbine wind farm bid, includes former .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council locks in wind farm rules</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/23/council-locks-in-wind-farm-rules/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ A ground-breaking District Plan change setting rules around wind farms in Porirua has been finalised but the city council is warning it will not please everyone.
Porirua City Council&#8217;s Plan Change 7 (PC7), received more than 130 submissions. Gathering extra information relating to noise and vibration caused delays in discussions.
The hearing subcommittee&#8217;s report and decision will need to be ratified by a meeting of full council tomorrow night.
The desire for PC7 came about due to the proposed Puketiro wind farm, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Generator moving on wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/22/generator-moving-on-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Dunedin could be using Mahinerangi wind power before the end of the year.
At its meeting next month, the board of Tauranga-based TrustPower will consider whether to erect between 10 and 18 wind turbines on its site inland from Dunedin.
Community relations manager Graeme Purches told the Otago Daily Times that if the board decides to go ahead then it would simply be a matter of how long delivery of the turbines took and how quickly contractors could get them in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>SDC mulls wind data mast bid by company</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/13/sdc-mulls-wind-data-mast-bid-by-company/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Southland District Council yesterday considered an application by a Christchurch-based company to erect a meteorological mast near Mossburn as a feasibility test for a wind farm.
Energy 3 has applied for a two-year land use consent to establish and operate the 50m mast for data gathering.
The land proposed for the mast is owned by Landcorp Farming and Energy 3 has been contracted to investigate the viability of a wind farm on the property.
The matter was the subject of a resource .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Minto councillors offer no support for wind energy moratorium proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/11/minto-councillors-offer-no-support-for-wind-energy-moratorium-proposal/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[MINTO &#8212; Unlike Wellington North, council here is not supporting Mapleton Township’s bid for a moratorium on wind energy projects.
Last year, Mapleton passed a resolution asking for a moratorium on wind energy projects until a health study was done by an independent third party.
The item was before Minto council earlier this year, but deferred, pending additional information.
On Feb. 3, Mayor David Anderson said he’d had a chance to look into the item further and spoke to both representatives of Mapleton .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Five days for Project Hayes appeal from June 21</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/11/five-days-for-project-hayes-appeal-from-june-21/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ A five-day High Court appeal hearing for Meridian Energy&#8217;s proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm is scheduled to start in Dunedin on June 21.
Parties involved in Meridian&#8217;s appeal to the High Court of an Environment Court decision declining consents for the wind farm participated in a teleconference yesterday.
Justices Chisholm and Fogarty will preside over the hearing.
Meridian spokesman Alan Seay said the company was pleased a date had been set.
Meridian&#8217;s proposed 176-turbine wind farm on the Lammermoor Range in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Date set for Meridian appeal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/11/date-set-for-meridian-appeal/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Meridian Energy&#8217;s appeal against the Environment Court decision to refuse resource consent for the 176-turbine Project Hayes wind farm in Central Otago will be heard in June.
Lawyers from Morrison Kent, representing the respondents, including the Maniototo Environmental Society and the Central Otago Environmental Society, held a teleconference yesterday with Meridian Energy&#8217;s Bell Gully legal team.
Resource consents, granted by the Central Otago District Council and Otago Regional Council, were refused in a 350-page decision in November. Conservation groups hailed the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meridian tests solutions to turbine noise</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/10/meridian-tests-solutions-to-turbine-noise/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Meridian Energy may have found a solution to the noise generated by its Makara wind farm, which continues to generate more than 100 complaints each month.
The 62-turbine wind farm has drawn strong opposition from nearby residents since the first turbine was switched on last April.
Wellington City Council noise compliance manager Matthew Borich said 133 complaints were received in November, 105 in December and 39 in January. It was not unusual to receive more than 100 a month.
Meridian spokesman Alan .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm time frame undecided</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/10/wind-farm-time-frame-undecided/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Resource consent for the Mt Stuart wind farm has been granted to Central Otago company Pioneer Generation, but Peter Dowling, its chief executive, said a time frame for beginning construction at the site had not been set.
The final cost of the project had also not been set, as one of the options being explored by the company was buying secondhand wind turbines from an overseas source.
The company planned to spend $10 million to $15 million developing the site, which would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>DOC&#8217;s advocacy role under review</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/09/docs-advocacy-role-under-review/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson has ordered an investigation into her department&#8217;s advocacy role &#8211; a move that has alarmed conservationists.
Criticism from farming groups and others about the Department of Conservation&#8217;s (DOC) involvement in resource management hearings prompted the review, Wilkinson said.
&#8220;I feel that I want to see if that criticism is justified or not,&#8221; she said, just weeks after taking over the conservation portfolio from Tim Groser.
There was no time line for the inquiry, but officials were already working .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines likely to stay at 97</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/06/turbines-likely-to-stay-at-97/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ The Te Rere Hau wind farm near Palmerston North is unlikely to go beyond 97 turbines in the medium term, despite the granting of a resource consent for a 56-turbine extension.
Commissioners for Horizons Regional Council and Tararua District Council ruled an extension on the eastern side of the Tararua Range should be permitted.
The decision should allow New Zealand Windfarms to improve the economics of running the farm.
New Zealand Windfarms already had consent for 97 turbines on the Palmerston North .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Council checking on 750 Makara complaints about wind farm noise</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/04/council-checking-on-750-makara-complaints-about-wind-farm-noise/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Wellington City Council has asked the company behind a new wind farm at Makara to report on noise issues after receiving more than 750 complaints.
Meridian Energy’s Project West Wind, which opened in April last year, has 62 turbines in the area around the settlement.
Complaints lodged by residents with the council include loud bangs and disturbance of sleep caused by a low-pitched hum.
The council says it has no evidence Meridian is breaching its resource consents, but is seeking to have .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Report requested on wind farm noise</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/02/report-requested-on-wind-farm-noise/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Wellington City Council has asked the company behind a new wind farm at Makara to report on noise issues after receiving more than 750 complaints.
Meridian Energy&#8217;s Project West Wind, which opened in April last year, has 62 turbines in the area around the settlement.
Compliants lodged by residents with the council include loud bangs and disturbance of sleep caused by a low-pitched hum.
The council says it has no evidence Meridian is breaching its resource consents, but is seeking to have .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mighty River turbine trim &#8216;cosmetic&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/02/mighty-river-turbine-trim-cosmetic/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Seventeen turbines have been chopped from Mighty River Power&#8217;s planned Turitea Wind Farm near Palmerston North – but opponents say the changes don&#8217;t go far enough.
Opposition group Tararua-Aokautere Guardians (TAG) president Kevin Low said the power company had promised a redesign of its proposal, but produced only &#8220;a light trim&#8221;.
The company embarked on a redesign in September after it appeared its proposal was unlikely to get the go-ahead from a Government-appointed board of inquiry. The new layout plan was .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm opponents may challenge court&#8217;s consent</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/27/wind-farm-opponents-may-challenge-courts-consent/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Opponents of a $400 million wind farm planned for the central North Island may appeal against an Environment Court decision allowing the project to go ahead.
The court approved Meridian Energy&#8217;s 130-megawatt Central Wind project between Taihape and Waiouru.
Meridian will build 52 wind turbines across five private farms to generate enough electricity to power 50,000 homes.
Resource consent was granted in December 2008 by Horizons Regional Council and Rangitikei District Council, but a group of local landowners made an appeal to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meridian wind farm gets go-ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/27/meridian-wind-farm-gets-go-ahead/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Meridian Energy can proceed with a central North Island wind farm, following an Environment Court ruling.
The 52-turbine farm, named Project Central Wind, will generate about 120 to 130 megawatts, or enough to power about 50,000 homes. It is spread over five rural properties between Waiouru and Taihape. 
Meridian chief executive Tim Lusk welcomed the decision, saying the site had consistently strong winds, allowing the farm to generate power about 90 percent of the time.
&#8220;Meridian is delighted that the Environment .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New wind farm design unveiling</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/27/new-wind-farm-design-unveiling/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Mighty River Power&#8217;s redesign of its planned Turitea wind farm near Palmerston North will be laid bare next week.
The scope of changes to the original application has been a closely-guarded secret so far, but the power company will soon unveil the altered scheme it hopes will get the green light from a government-appointed board of inquiry.
Submitters at the hearing, which is due to resume in March, have until February 22 to make written comment on the changes.
Mighty River Power .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Te Rere Hau wind farm decision delayed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/14/te-rere-hau-wind-farm-decision-delayed/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ A decision on whether or not New Zealand Windfarms should be allowed to extend the Te Rere Hau wind farm on the Tararua Range has been delayed.
The decision was expected this week, but hearing commissioners for Horizons Regional Council and Tararua District Council requested more time.
A result is now expected on February 1. NZ Windfarms chief executive Steve Cross said he was frustrated by the delay.
NZ Windfarms hopes to build 56 turbines on the eastern side of the Tararua .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Further wind turbines for Ward on cards</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/13/further-wind-turbines-for-ward-on-cards/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[ Christchurch wind development company Energy3 has made a second resource consent application to erect wind turbines near Ward, and plans are in the pipeline for a third turbine project elsewhere in Marlborough.
Energy3 and the Lulworth Family Trust have applied to the Marlborough District Council for consent to construct up to four turbines up to 47 metres high on the Lulworth family farm, 6.5 kilometres south of Ward.
The consent application also includes excavation of 2600 cubic metres of dirt to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind knocked out of battlers</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/10/wind-knocked-out-of-battlers/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Opponents of  a planned Central Otago windfarm say their David and Goliath fight with state-owned energy company Meridian has bled them dry.
Heavily in debt from their successful Environment Court appeal against Meridian&#8217;s plans to spend $2 billion building a 176-turbine windfarm on the Lammermoor Range in Central Otago, they now face having to take on deep-pocketed Meridian again.
Meridian will appeal the ruling which cancelled the consent for the Project Hayes windfarm because the negative effects on the unique landscape .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Another threat to electricity network</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/30/another-threat-to-electricity-network/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Power companies&#8217; intentions to build new power stations have collapsed over the past year, with potential for electricity shortages re-emerging from 2013 onwards unless more new projects are committed in the next 12 months, says the Electricity Commission.
In the meantime, a variety of factors are significantly raising the risks to electricity system security for the winters of 2010, 2011 and 2012, although the commission does not believe the risk is enough to procure emergency reserve energy over the next three .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>South Island decision looms over proposed Puketiro windfarm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/13/south-island-decision-looms-over-proposed-puketiro-windfarm/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Local attention has turned south after the New Zealand Environment Court rejected Meridian Energy’s bid to build the country’s largest windfarm in Otago. British energy development firm RES is hoping to build a large windfarm in the Pauatahanui Hills. RES development manager Ralph Rogge is waiting nervously for the outcome of Meridian’s appeal on the court ruling. “It’s an important project that has been derailed; it will set a precedent for what is happening in New Zealand for all semi-large .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Doc stance on landscape stuns architects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/07/doc-stance-on-landscape-stuns-architects/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Southern landscape architects are &#8220;staggered &#8221; by claims the Department of Conservation is not an expert on landscapes.
Otago conservator Marian van der Goes made the comments at an Otago Conservation Board meeting last month, in response to criticism about Doc&#8217;s lack of involvement in the Project Hayes wind farm hearings and appeal.
At the meeting, Central Otago Environmental Society and Save Central spokesman Graye Shattky said if Doc was not the public guardian of landscapes, who was, and Ms van der .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Plan to protect Wellington region&#8217;s best scenery</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/01/plan-to-protect-wellington-regions-best-scenery/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Councils are clamping down on big developments in the Wellington region to protect outstanding landscapes.
The lifestyle property boom and big wind farm projects are about to be slapped with stringent controls as Greater Wellington regional council begins a review of the area&#8217;s most dramatic scenery in a bid to control piecemeal development.
Landscapes recognised as outstanding will be designated as such in councils&#8217; district plans, offering them new protection.
Contentious coastal subdivisions and large-scale wind farms have sparked public outcries with many .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Project Hayes decision to affect investment across NZ?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/01/project-hayes-decision-to-affect-investment-across-nz/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Environment Court’s decision to oppose Meridian Energy’s Project Hayes windfarm is a concern for every infrastructure investment in the country, says the New Zealand Wind Energy Association.
Chief executive Fraser Clark said Meridian would find support for its appeal across other industries.
On Friday, Meridian’s chief executive Tim Lusk said it would appeal the decision, which if left to stand, would block nationally important projects.
Project Hayes, a $2 billion, 176-turbine windfarm, was planned for the Lammermoor Range in Central Otago but .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm hearing closes</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/01/wind-farm-hearing-closes/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A hearing for a proposed extension to the Te Rere Hau wind farm near Palmerston North has now closed. New Zealand Windfarms wants to put up 56 turbines on the eastern side of the Tararua Ranges. The company has consent for 97 turbines on the Palmerston North side of the ranges, but has built only 65. A result on the extension is expected next year.
Manawatu Standard 
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		<title>Windflow faces $1m turbine bill</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/11/30/windflow-faces-1m-turbine-bill/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Nov 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Windflow Technology could face a bill of nearly $1 million for repairs to turbines it has sold to NZ Windfarms.
An independent expert&#8217;s report on repairs or retrofits to Windflow Technology&#8217;s turbines estimate the total cost at just over $966,000 for repairs excluding replacing blades and any consequential failures.
Windflow has released a statement about the report.
&#8220;The Expert has estimated the total liability that would arise if all the identified issues resulted in a requirement to repair [or a decision was made .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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