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Windfarm appeal begins
TrustPower's hearing for the 200MW Mahinerangi windfarm concluded in Dunedin last week and now another division of the court is considering the Project Hayes application.
Counsel for Meridian Andrew Beatson asked Judge Jon Jackson and commissioners Dr Alex Sutherland, Heather McConarchy and Ken Fletcher that they consider Project Hayes "as if the Mahinerangi proposal doesn't exist''.
Several appellants are concerned about the cumulative effects of Project Hayes when combined with effects from other windfarms in the area.
May 19, 2008
by Aimee Wilson
in The Southland Times
Meridian Energy requested that the pending outcome of the Mahinerangi windfarm consent process not influence the decision for Project Hayes, on the first day of the six-week Environment Court hearing in Cromwell yesterday.
TrustPower's hearing for the 200MW Mahinerangi windfarm concluded in Dunedin last week and now another division of the court is considering the Project Hayes application.
Counsel for Meridian Andrew Beatson asked Judge Jon Jackson and commissioners Dr Alex Sutherland, Heather McConarchy and Ken Fletcher that they consider Project Hayes "as if the Mahinerangi proposal doesn't exist''.
Several appellants are concerned about the cumulative effects of Project Hayes when combined... [continue via Web link]
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