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The Waitahora Wind Farm is a renewable energy project in New Zealand planned by Contact Energy. This development is proposed to be located on the Puketoi Range which forms one side of the picturesque Waitahora Valley, near Dannevirke in Southern Hawke’s Bay. It is planned for up to 65 wind turbines with a capacity of up to 177 MW. The proposed towers are to be 100m high, with a total height of 150m.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Contact Energy )〕 The windfarm was opposed by a local residents group, claiming to represent a large proportion of local residents. In 2013, Contact announced that the project would not proceed in the foreseeable future. == Resource consent process == The windfarm requires resource consent approval, a licensing process administered by local government. The consent application for this project was publicly notified on 30 September and submissions closed on 30 October 2008. The consent hearing was held in February 2009. Three independent landscape architects gave evidence at the hearing, and all agreed that the Puketoi range was an outstanding natural landscape.〔Evidence of Gavin Lister on behalf of Contact Energy, paragraph 93, page 21〕〔Evidence of Shannon Bray on behalf of Tararua District Council, Planners Report, paragraph 193, page 26〕〔Evidence of Di Lucas on Behalf of Waitahora-Puketoi Guardians Incorporated Society〕 The application for resource consents for this project was declined in 2009,. This is not unusual, as several renewable energy projects have been declined resource consents (see Awhitu, Mokau hydro, Mount Cass, Te Waka). Contact Energy appealed the decision to decline the consent application. One of the consenting authorities, Horizons Regional Council, has since stated that consents should not have been declined on the basis of discharge of contaminants to groundwater, and that the consents should be granted. The Environment Court upheld the appeal and granted consents for the wind farm in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Waitahora Wind Farm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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