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[National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand - Business, News, Arts, Media, Share Market & More -] One submission from Uplands rejected by the Court was a suggestion that TrustPower reduce the number of turbines to 40, each of 6 megwatts, or three to four times the per unit output proposed by TrustPower.
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[Scoop NZ - Top Scoops Most Read] Scoop: Environment Court Confirms Mahinerangi Windfarm: TrustPower'sCommunity Relations Manager, Graeme Purches, said TrustPowerfound that suggestion especially odd, given that one of theUplands Landscape Protection Society's key concerns was thewind farm's visual impact on the landscape, as implied inthe Society's name.
[www.windaction.org | Latest Posts Feed] www.windaction.org | Largest NZ windfarm gets green light, despite ...: The Environment Court has confirmed the resource consent conditions for the massive Mahinerangi Windfarm in Otago, despite high profile opposition from former All Black Anton Oliver and poet Brian Turner, says power company TrustPower. Opponents now have a chance to make submissions on a revised layout for the farm's turbines.
[Scoop NZ - Politics] Scoop: Scoop Top 30 Daily Ratings December 19 2008: Air NewZealand has purchased Boeing 787 and Boeing 777-300full-flight simulators to be based at its Auckland simulatorcentre. The Boeing 777 simulator will be delivered in 2010to coincide with the arrival of Air New Zealand’s new777-300 aircraft .
[National Wind Watch: News] Wind Watch: Wind farm effects assessed: Wind Prospect CWP (NZ) Ltd development manager Doreen Marchesan said the cumulative effect of the 50-turbine Slopedown wind farm was one of the many issues being assessed in preparation for a resource consent application.
[Scoop NZ - Sci-tech] Scoop: TrustPower Opens Australian Wind Farm: We see thisas the first of what we hope will be significant furtherinvestments in Australian wind energy, the income from whichwill complement that from New Zealand and provide increasedincome security in times of difficult economic or climaticconditions, as well as making a worthwhile contribution tocombating emissions induced climate change".
[New Zealand News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com] Fight on over Puketoi wind farm - New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz: UP IN ARMS: Waitahora Valley residents are upset about plans for a wind farm in their backyard. From left are Kevin and Julie Taylor with son Ollie, James Hooper-Smith, Kath Beer with daughter Amber, Stuart Brown, William Brown and Amy Brown.
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[Travel and Tourism News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com] Wind farm opponents face millions in costs - New Zealand news on ...: The High Court in Dunedin has thrown out the Upland Landscape Protection Society's bid for a judicial review of the granting of consents for TrustPower's Mahinerangi wind farm and Meridian Energy's Project Hayes scheme.
[National Wind Watch: Alerts] Wind Watch: Ruahines threatened: Stop the destruction!: I take offense to Trustpowers assumption that the people of New Zealand want wind power to proliferate on the Ruahines ranges. The existing policy must be stringently maintained and continue in perpetuity to uphold the environmental protection of this mountain range.
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