Mount Cass Wind Farm

The Mount Cass Wind Farm is a proposed wind farm to be located east of Waipara on Mount Cass in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It will comprise up to 70 wind turbines along 7 km of a ridge on Mount Cass.[1]

Mount Cass Wind Farm
CountryNew Zealand
LocationCanterbury
Coordinates43°4′30″S 172°50′15″E
Owner(s)MainPower
Power generation
Units operational70
Nameplate capacityup to 69 MW

Timeline

  • 23 November 2007 - application for resource consents lodged with Hurunui District Council
  • 1 August 2008 - public submissions close
  • 2 April 2009 - Hurunui District Council declined consents[2][3]
  • April 2009 - decision appealed to the Environment Court[4]
  • December 2011 - Environment Court approves resource consents.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Wind farm on Mount Cass approved". Radio New Zealand. 15 December 2011.
  2. Paul Rogers (2 April 2009). "Resource Consent Application - Report and Determination by Hearing Commissioners" (PDF). Hurunui District Council.
  3. Williams, David (6 April 2009). "Wind farm plan rejected". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  4. "MainPower appeals Mt Cass wind farm decision" (PDF) (Press release). MainPower. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  5. "Mt Cass Wind Farm Receives Resource Consent" (Press release). Mainpower. 14 December 2011.


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